She would be the first Black woman to lead the court if confirmed.

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Baker to nominate Kimberly Budd for chief justice of Supreme Judicial Court, source says
Governor Charlie Baker will nominate Kimberly S. Budd to be chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday, a source in his administration said.

If confirmed, Budd would become the first Black woman to lead the state’s highest court in its long history.

Budd, an associate justice on the court nominated by Baker in 2016, would fill the role last held by Ralph D. Gants, whose unexpected death last month ([link removed]) shook the state’s legal community and left the court with six justices.

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