Washington State, is Governor Jay Inslee the best you have in your state?

National Review: Yes, But Where Did She Go to Law School?

From Slate:  Washington State Now Has the Most Diverse Supreme Court In History
"Donald Trump’s presidency has been a disaster for judicial diversity. His judges are overwhelmingly straight, white, and male. Many are wealthy corporate attorneys born into privileged American families whose connections guided them along a path to power. In other words, Trump judges do not look like the country they serve.
"While the federal bench grows more homogeneous by the day, Democratic governors are diversifying their state judiciaries to an unprecedented degree. On Monday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, elevated Grace Helen Whitener to the state Supreme Court. Whitener is a disabled black lesbian who immigrated from Trinidad. She joins Inslee’s two other appointees: Raquel Montoya-Lewis, a Jewish Native American who previously served on tribal courts, and Mary Yu, an Asian-American Latina lesbian who officiated the first same-sex marriages in the state." . . .

Washington Supreme Court Justices Mary Yu, Grace Helen Whitener,
and  Raquel Montoya-Lewis.

. . . "The Washington Supreme Court is notably liberal; in recent years, it has issued decisions abolishing capital punishment and juvenile life without parole while upholding LGBTQ non-discrimination laws and progressive public financing of elections. It represents a vision of a different kind of jurisprudence from a radically diverse bench—what the federal judiciary might look like if a Democratic president and Senate controlled the judicial confirmation process. Joe Biden has already pledged to name a black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court if elected, but he’ll have scores of lower court vacancies to fill, as well. He should look to states like Washington to learn how to reshape a judiciary to look more like the country it serves." . . .

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe will be secretary of state if Jay Inslee has any say

“My first act will be to ask Megan Rapinoe to be my secretary of state. I haven’t asked her yet so this could be a surprise to her,” Inslee said at the progressive Netroots Nation conference in Philadelphia. The governor explained that he wanted a secretary of state that leads with “love rather than hate.”

. . . “ 'I actually believe this, because what I think what she has said that has inspired us so much is such an antithesis of the president’s foreign policies,” said Inslee, who isn’t the first politician to throw Rapinoe’s jersey in the political ring. When Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) dropped out of the 2020 presidential race last week, he joked that Rapinoe would have his support if she chose to run for the White House. “I think she turns 35 next July,” Swalwell quipped." . . .

Some of that RapinoeLove:

•  “I’m not going to the f-ing White House,” Rapinoe told Eight by Eight." . . .
• “ 'New York City, you’re the motherf—ing best!” she yelled out to the crowd" . . .
• In addition, Rapinoe disrespected the presidency, saying that ignoring the anthem served as a “[expletive] you” to Trump, later saying she’s “not going to the [expletive] White House” if her team wins the Cup.

Gov Inslee's choice to represent our nation around the world. Including Iran and Saudi Arabia.