Is That Legal?: Patience, My Dear. Patience.

October 3, 2005

Patience, My Dear. Patience.

t has been amusing over the past few days to read the posts and comments at confirmthem.org, a site where the Far Right goes to bite their fingernails about judicial appointments.

Just recently a woman had the audacity to suggest that it would be nice for the President to appoint a woman to the Court to replace Justice O'Connor. Naturally this extreme suggestion has brought out the best in people. Consider, for example, this reply from Andrew Hyman:

Of course, it’s been a difficult and bumpy ride integrating women into the workforce. But I hope that progress continues to be made in that area, for all of the women that want professional careers. And maybe Judge Willaims will be nominated tomorrow, which could well turn out to be terrific. My only point is that it would be nice if women would FIRST demand the kind of experience that Luttig was able to get, and THEN demand more spots on the Court, rather than the other way around.

Posted by Eric at October 3, 2005 7:27 AM

Comments

Eric:

If you take a look at the following two potential Supreme Court nominees, regardless of gender, which one would you choose?

http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1443

http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/uGetInfo?jid=2598

Posted by: Andrew at January 6, 2006 11:14 PM