You're kidding right? Political reasons added Thomas, women and wise Latinas to the court.
> You're kidding right? Political reasons added Thomas, women and wise Latinas to the court.
I'm perfectly serious (and I think you misunderstood me). The SCOTUS is supposed to be the court of final appeal, and to make decisions based on the Constitution.
The sex, age, religion, etc. of the SCOTUS should be irrelevant. What SHOULD matter is whether they are capable of understanding and executing the job they were appointed to do, namely interpreting the Constitution of the United State, as rightfully amended through the years, in accordance with the intentions of the Founders, and paying heed to the principles on which this Nation was founded and on which it has survived until now.
A SCOTUS composed of intelligent, wise, Constutionally-aware people, who happend to be (say) all women or all men, or all Jews or all Christians, or all blacks or all whites, or all atheist midgets, can do a good job as defined above, so I don't care who they are. I care what they think and do.
The politically correct bullcrap and "balancing" has to stop. What matters to the SCOTUS is the Constitution.