NOW calls for a woman to replace Justice John Stevens

Submitted by anthony on Fri, 2010-04-09 20:28

Story here. This shouldn't come as a surprise. I have no problem with women on the highest court, but to nominate someone based on gender is unacceptable. Excerpt:

'The National Organization for Women also weighed in on Stevens' retirement. The group called on the president to nominate a woman to the high court, which counts Justice Sotomayor and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg among its nine members.

"NOW is dedicated to achieving gender parity on the Supreme Court, and we call on President Obama to nominate a woman to fill this seat," NOW President Terry O'Neill said in a statement. "The Supreme Court is out of balance, with women making up a mere 22 percent of the bench. That's simply not enough."'

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No doubt. She could be the only lawyer in the country, just graduated from law school, and she would be the nominee.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2010-04-09 20:47

So basically they want another Hillary Clinton ie someone who got the job because she is a woman not because she actually knows what she's doing. And yes, I agree that they will get what they want - there's no way a man hating wimp like Obama will settle for anything less than a woman, or should I perhaps say anything more than a woman?

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Submitted by MichaelClaymore on Sat, 2010-04-10 02:41

Well, what NOW wants is a *liberal* woman to replace Stevens. I suspect there will be an intense confirmation fight if Obama nominates a far left feminist type. And that might actually end up helping the Republicans by maintaining an anti-Obama momentum going into the fall elections.

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Submitted by gregory on Sat, 2010-04-10 15:55