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Of course she's a "political" choice, but she's also pretty damn smart and will probably do fine on the court. I'm ambivalent, because I think Wood would have been a better Justice, but having a strong liberal bloc isn't really in my best interests.
If you looked at the brightest law students of 40 years ago, I'd wager that around 92% of them were white and 77% were male.
It's obviously going to change over time, but it's not altogether astonishing that there's currently an imbalance among the best 60+ year old judges.
Women are not a minority. They are a majority of Americans, and a majority of law degree holders. Latinos are 15% of Americans, yet 0 of the 110 people to serve on the Supreme Court have been Latino.
Let's look at all the previous Supreme Court nominees since 1980:
Samuel Alito (white male)
Harriet Miers (white female)
John Roberts (white male)
Stephen Breyer (white male)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (white female)
Clarence Thomas (black male)
David Souter (white male)
Anthony Kennedy (white male)
Douglas Ginsburg (white male)
Robert Bork (white male)
Antonin Scalia (white male)
William Rehnquist (white male)
Sandra Day O'Connor (white female)
Percentage of white nominees: 92%
Percentage of male nominees: 77%
The Supreme Court is not exactly a picture of diversity. People need to stop whining about a president appointing someone who isn't a white male. :roll:
If you looked at the brightest law students of 40 years ago, I'd wager that around 92% of them were white and 77% were male.
It's obviously going to change over time, but it's not altogether astonishing that there's currently an imbalance among the best 60+ year old judges.