Diversity, Not Politics, Key to Court Pick: What's your preference?

[Liberal_in_LA]

Given all the talk about Obama using Souter's retirement as an opportunity to put 'diversity' on the bench, what is your preference?



http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/SCOTUS/story?id=7492609&page=1
Diversity, Not Politics, Key to Court Pick
Replacing Liberal Souter, Obama Unlikely to Change Court Ideology
By THERESA COOK
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2009
As President Obama considers his pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, the buzz in Washington is less about political ideology and more about getting diversity on the bench.

[Vincardog]

1. A young FLAMING liberal

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. lol. Good one. Me too. I want a 25 year old who's guaranteed never to become conservative

[nevergiveup]

13. Are there any illegal immigrants

with a law degree? I suppose such a person wouldn't meet constitutional requirements but the announcement would cause such chaos/panic among Republicans that Obama could possibly sneak a real liberal on the court.

[yardwork]

3. I'm in favor of politics as the criteria.

I don't care who it is as long as the person is extremely progressive. I mean really, really left-wing. Off the charts left-wing (for the U.S., which is moderate by most of the rest of the developed world's standards).

I don't care if the person is male or female, gay or straight, brown or pink, Christian or Pagan. I want a hard-left progressive (not just a wimpy liberal) to begin to bring some balance back to a Court that is overwhelmingly right-wing.

That said, it would be nice if this extremely left-wing person were female.

[usregimechange]

4. Young liberal female like Pamela Karlan.

[elleng]

5. Woman of any race,

for Justice Ginsburg.

[cherokeeprogressive]

6. Native American of either gender or sexual preference.

[LooseWilly]

7. How about a mixed ethnicity bisexual of either gender?

If we're looking for diversity... hell, we should be able to find someone with at least 3 or 4 ethnicities swirled up in a bisexual body. It'll be like a double-scoop of diversity!

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. lol

[JayMusgrove]

8. Given the advanced age of our one woman SCJ.......

we need another woman....we need 8 out of 9 SCJ's to be women, IMO.

Me, a white male.

[BBG]

10. Count me other

Let's have more diversity in our divisiveness.

[Reterr]

11. race / gender doesn't matter

[high density]

12. A blind half-black half-Mexican transgender with one leg NM

[Mz Pip]

14. who's a Muslim...

or atheist.

[depakid]

16. That'll be the day! LOL

[MadHound]

15. Don't care so long as they're not a corporatist and are quite liberal.

Sick and tired of these centerist/corporatist judges that pass for liberal.

[masuki bance]

17. A gay Native American.

[coffeenap]

18. Morris Dees! Southern Poverty Law Center! nt

[slackmaster]

19. Other

My cat.

[Lilith Velkor]

20. African American lesbian!