How to lie with statistics. The supreme court is not chosen from the general population, but from people who are actually qualified to make decisions at a technical legal level. Okay, Clarence slipped through the cracks somehow but he at least owned the appropriate pieces of paper.
One of the sad things about US history and patriarchal societies in general is few women attempt to become judges, and even fewer stick it out long enough to make a name for themselves at the highest levels. So the pool of qualified individuals is still heavily weighted toward males.
And just because someone is female does not automatically make her someone whose decisions you would agree with.
But having said that, I agree Obama ought to make a special effort to identify qualified women to take Souter's place. Before she was Secretarified, Hillary was being pundited as a possible court nominee.
Do you have anyone particular in mind?
I wonder how Judge Judy would do in a court where she had to share power with all those other justices?
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One of the sad things about US history and patriarchal societies in general is few women attempt to become judges, and even fewer stick it out long enough to make a name for themselves at the highest levels. So the pool of qualified individuals is still heavily weighted toward males.
And just because someone is female does not automatically make her someone whose decisions you would agree with.
But having said that, I agree Obama ought to make a special effort to identify qualified women to take Souter's place. Before she was Secretarified, Hillary was being pundited as a possible court nominee.
Do you have anyone particular in mind?
I wonder how Judge Judy would do in a court where she had to share power with all those other justices?