Law Students

Nominate a Woman to the Supreme Court

By Eralon

Last week, I had the privilege of attending the Women's Power Summit on Law and Leadership at the University of Texas.  One of the most exciting experiences while attending was hearing firsthand from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the struggles she's faced as a woman in the legal profession.  One of the things Justice O'Connor discussed was her disappointment that there was not more of a movement to replace her on the Court with a woman.  That very same night, the news of Justice Souter's retirement was announced.  As noted in Jessie's earlier post about the summit, a resolution was passed urging President Obama to appoint a woman to replace Justice Souter on the Court.

To me, wanting another woman on the Court seems totally self explanatory.  Which is why I was shocked when I turned on the radio last night and Mark Levin was on discussing the Supreme Court and said something along the lines of "who cares about genitalia- it's what's between the ears, not between the legs that matters."  And of course, this was not about supporting women because they are equals- it was basically an argument that gender shouldn't be considered because it makes no diffrerence in how cases are decided.  And I thought to myself, seriously, why doesn't he get it?

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).