Can't women be given credit here?
I don't care if the court is all women, men, gay, Hispanic, Chinese, etc if they do a good job. I just don't want the president to limit the pool months ahead of time, be the president Biden or Reagan.
I don't care if the court is all women, men, gay, Hispanic, Chinese, etc if they do a good job. I just don't want the president to limit the pool months ahead of time, be the president Biden or Reagan.
I thought that Biden really undercut whomever he would pick for VP by saying ahead of time that his pick would be a woman and a person of color. He could have kept his mouth shut and simply picked Harris and then defended his choice on her credentials. He undercut her authority and credentials by making the gender/color proclamation first. There will always be people who say she was chosen solely due to her gender and color because of that.
We absolutely need all those in positions of authority to be a mix of genders and ethnicities that represent our entire population - fair representation by all for all. I am not against his picks at all but I am against the grandstanding proclamations beforehand. He really undercut Harris by doing that.
I do care, because we've had to deal with the judgements of all men on SCOTUS for centuries, so it does matter. Just as in our country, men still have male privilege. And, my original question was, how would people feel if for the next 200 years, we had an all female SCOTUS? People's reactions would tell us that it does matter.
Ending slavery was a big turn off for some too. Perhaps it's a good thing that one person's opinion doesn't govern what we should do as a society, hmm?
But it's always been identity politics. It's just that more recently people with identities other than white, male, heterosexual, Christian etc. are now demanding equality under the law. It's like standing in a blizzard that's been going on for 200 years, and complaining about those who want it to rain instead.
Can't women be given credit here?
I don't care if the court is all women, men, gay, Hispanic, Chinese, etc if they do a good job. I just don't want the president to limit the pool months ahead of time, be the president Biden or Reagan.
I thought that Biden really undercut whomever he would pick for VP by saying ahead of time that his pick would be a woman and a person of color. He could have kept his mouth shut and simply picked Harris and then defended his choice on her credentials. He undercut her authority and credentials by making the gender/color proclamation first. There will always be people who say she was chosen solely due to her gender and color because of that.
We absolutely need all those in positions of authority to be a mix of genders and ethnicities that represent our entire population - fair representation by all for all. I am not against his picks at all but I am against the grandstanding proclamations beforehand. He really undercut Harris by doing that.
I am from California. I personally have never liked or voted (when she was stand alone ) for her. Hope if he does run he picks someone more qualified.
I do care, because we've had to deal with the judgements of all men on SCOTUS for centuries, so it does matter. Just as in our country, men still have male privilege. And, my original question was, how would people feel if for the next 200 years, we had an all female SCOTUS? People's reactions would tell us that it does matter.
I said okay with women for 200 years.
Men gave us Roe v Wade, Brown v Board of Education so maybe not all bad in your eyes.
Identity politics is a big turn off to some.
Ending slavery was a big turn off for some too. Perhaps it's a good thing that one person's opinion doesn't govern what we should do as a society, hmm?
But it's always been identity politics. It's just that more recently people with identities other than white, male, heterosexual, Christian etc. are now demanding equality under the law. It's like standing in a blizzard that's been going on for 200 years, and complaining about those who want it to rain instead.