Comments on: Another Woman’s Voice on the Supreme Court: Is It Important? http://www.fem2pt0.com/2009/05/28/another-woman%e2%80%99s-voice-on-the-supreme-court-is-it-important/ society’s issues + women’s voices Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:19:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Suzanne http://www.fem2pt0.com/2009/05/28/another-woman%e2%80%99s-voice-on-the-supreme-court-is-it-important/comment-page-1/#comment-6155 Suzanne Sat, 30 May 2009 21:10:56 +0000 http://www.fem2pt0.com/?p=1007#comment-6155 A diversity of perspectives is essential to balance the court that is the final arbiter of legal and constitutional questions for all Americans, not just privileged white men. One of the aspects of Sotomayor's background is that she, like the Obama's, comes from working class/middle class beginnings and therefore her achievements have been made on merit rather than family position. However, genitalia, skin color, socio-economic background and culture must be backed up with an incisive legal mind and impressive experience on the bench. I look forward to hearing more about Sotomayor's qualifications, and less about perhaps less-then-ideal phraseology. A diversity of perspectives is essential to balance the court that is the final arbiter of legal and constitutional questions for all Americans, not just privileged white men. One of the aspects of Sotomayor’s background is that she, like the Obama’s, comes from working class/middle class beginnings and therefore her achievements have been made on merit rather than family position. However, genitalia, skin color, socio-economic background and culture must be backed up with an incisive legal mind and impressive experience on the bench. I look forward to hearing more about Sotomayor’s qualifications, and less about perhaps less-then-ideal phraseology.

]]> By: JakeAryehMarcus http://www.fem2pt0.com/2009/05/28/another-woman%e2%80%99s-voice-on-the-supreme-court-is-it-important/comment-page-1/#comment-6153 JakeAryehMarcus Thu, 28 May 2009 19:08:57 +0000 http://www.fem2pt0.com/?p=1007#comment-6153 While I think I could riff a while on the unique female perspective on unreasonable restraints of trade or price fixing, I have some real concerns about the assumption that we know anything about what Sotomayor brings to the Court. Her judicial history does let us know where she stands in antitrust cases but not on civil rights. Did Clarence Thomas bring his experience as a black man to the Court? What did that get us? I would like more than genitalia to reassure me that this appointment brings change to the Court. While I think I could riff a while on the unique female perspective on unreasonable restraints of trade or price fixing, I have some real concerns about the assumption that we know anything about what Sotomayor brings to the Court. Her judicial history does let us know where she stands in antitrust cases but not on civil rights. Did Clarence Thomas bring his experience as a black man to the Court? What did that get us?

I would like more than genitalia to reassure me that this appointment brings change to the Court.

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