Do Americans perceive diverse judges as inherently biased?

Although women and minorities hold an increasing share of judgships in the United States, they remain underrepresented. We explore Americans’ perceptions bias minority judges – one possible challenges to creating a diverse bench. argue that prejudice against these groups manifests subtle way, belief cannot fairly adjudicate controversies involve their ingroup. To test our theory, we use list experiment specifically developed minimize social desirability effects. find many respondents rate female Hispanic be biased decision makers. Our results highlight nature suggest multiple important implications. They shed light on reasons why candidates for may win at lower also negative implications legitimacy decisions.