If you agree that a special effort should be made to find a qualified woman to take Souter's place, why not agree that a special effort should be made to find a qualified woman to take every place that becomes available until we have five women on the court? Because there are not nearly as many women qualified to be Supes as there are men. By your logic we need to have at least one illiterate person on the court, because 10% of our nation is illiterate.
Also, I suspect some of the back-story behind your wanting half the court to be women is you hold the belief that the Old Boy Network is what has kept women out of the higher levels of jurisprudence, and you want to see that ceiling broken.
From what I have observed, this has not been true for a generation, maybe two. Michelle Obama is a good example of my point - she chose to be #2 and to be a mommy and wife, despite having overcome several layers of prejudice to pass the bar. As long as women continue to make this choice, we'll have too few women in the Superme Court pool.
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Because there are not nearly as many women qualified to be Supes as there are men. By your logic we need to have at least one illiterate person on the court, because 10% of our nation is illiterate.
Also, I suspect some of the back-story behind your wanting half the court to be women is you hold the belief that the Old Boy Network is what has kept women out of the higher levels of jurisprudence, and you want to see that ceiling broken.
From what I have observed, this has not been true for a generation, maybe two. Michelle Obama is a good example of my point - she chose to be #2 and to be a mommy and wife, despite having overcome several layers of prejudice to pass the bar. As long as women continue to make this choice, we'll have too few women in the Superme Court pool.