On January 20, 2021, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar stepped to the inauguration ceremony podium and ushered in a “historic moment of firsts” with these words:

“To administer the oath to our first African American, our first Asian American, and our first woman Vice President, Kamala Harris, it is my great privilege to welcome to the inaugural stage the first Latina to ever serve on the Supreme Court of the United States of America, Justice Sonia Sotomayor.”

In this compilation, St. John’s Law students share what the election of Kamala Harris to this esteemed national office means to them.