I would be the first person to admit that the ratio of men and women on the supreme court isn’t right. They should be more women on there. But being female shouldn’t be a big part of being nominated for the high court. We want the most qualified, most intelligent PERSON on the supreme court. Personally I think if Deval Patrick, the governor of Massachusetts were female, this would be a done deal. The dude went to harvard for both BA and law school, practiced as an attorney, was the US assistant attorney general under Bill Clinton, and has political experience. He would be my pick.
on another note, Michelle Obama is nominatable to the high court. She went to princeton for her AB and harvard for law school. She’s practiced as an attorney, even giving Barack his first job. And obviously has political experience. If they weren’t married, he might’ve nominated her.
The governent and Media ‘must’ be seen to be ‘equal’ to women who hold a very large vote/readers which they don’t want to lose - instead of as you say - looking for the right person who can do the job - male of female.
The trend in most western countries (they’ve seen how to get the female vote) now is to appoint females in jobs to secure the public vote - no matter how unsuitable they may be. And ofcourse the other reason is ‘its payback time’ for favors done in the past.
There past CV should be the ‘only’ requiement to get the job - Male or Female.
Hilliary Clinton is a good example - but in her case - its better to have the ‘enemy’ if front of you and on side - than have them lurking around behind you - ready to stab you in the back - so I suppose that appointment was a good move for ‘B O’.