Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has hit more or less the right note in his appointments to judicial posts.
Critics say Deal has appointed too many white judges when black judges in areas with high numbers of black residents resign or retire.
“We need fairness,” the Rev. Joseph Lowery of the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda declared. “Do the right thing. We’re not asking them for favors. We’re asking them for justice.”
With all due respect to Lowery, there is no indication that white judges are incapable of dispensing impartial justice in areas with lots of black residents. True justice and the “people’s agenda” call for Deal to select the best-qualified judges available without regard to race.
That is essentially what Deal is doing.