The number of children she has is IRRELEVANT to the description of a United States Supreme Court Justice.
Now tell me, would a "wise latina" with seven children be better?
Maybe it just comes across this way online, but you seem unnecessarily angry over this discussion. I get your point. You’re talking about the underlying qualities and qualifications that we want in a Supreme Court Justice. I’m sure that we’re on the same page with respect to those. I’m talking about political shrewdness of picking someone who will be confirmed. Scalia was confirmed 98-0. He was no less conservative than Bob Bork or Clarence Thomas, so why wasn’t he demonized? Being the first Italian-American on the SCOTUS wasn’t why he was a great Justice, but did it help him sail through confirmation? Absolutely. I don’t know your age, but I remember well how excited Italian-American organizations were at the time and how much the appointment confirmed a trend of Italian-Americans, like most of the white middle class, shifting allegiance to the GOP.