Justice Robert Hunter is a retired North Carolina appellate jurist. He currently practices law and serves as an arbitrator in Greensboro. He previously served in the Gov. Jim Martin administration as chairman of the State Board of Elections.
Opinion
It’s not all bad news on intellectual diversity
Several years ago, I attended a North Carolina State Bar Dinner, where Judge Allison Duncan, then active on the US Fourth Circuit, spoke on diversity and equality of opportunity. She argued that diversity of viewpoint is needed for a strong academic system and that diversity of immutable characteristics does not equate to a vigorous intellectual ecosystem. This...