| Sqrl said: Since much of the context has been added now I'll add the entire paragraph the quote is from: "Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, a possibility I abhor less or discount less than my colleague Judge Cedarbaum, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. Justice O’Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases. I am not so sure Justice O’Connor is the author of that line since Professor Resnik attributes that line to Supreme Court Justice Coyle. I am also not so sure that I agree with the statement. First, as Professor Martha Minnow has noted, there can never be a universal definition of wise. Second, I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life." I actually think it is more damning in context than out of context but I wanted to get try and get some non-partisan reaction from it first. Like I said before not having the full context means any initial reaction doesn't necessarily transfer directly anyways but it was still interesting...to me at least =P |
Yeah... that's worse.
Mostly because she's treating it like she was King Solomon or something.
Judges aren't supposed to actually issue rulings based on what's wise...
if a outcome of a ruling is stupid... you should still make that ruling if that's what the law states.
The best way to choose supreme court justices I think would be to take a complete belief primer on how the country should be... then look into their history and see how much they've ruled against their own wishes.
The person who rules against his own wishes often... that is a good judge.
