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Thread #128721   Message #2886765
Posted By: artbrooks
14-Apr-10 - 06:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Replacing Justice Stevens (US Supreme Court)
Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens (US Supreme Court)
Wouldn't we need to have 5 of the 9 be female to start with? Of course, the female population is 51% rather than 56%, but that would work as a starting point. On the other hand, only 8% of the lawyers in the US are women, so perhaps they are already over-represented. IMHO, a non-doctrinaire perspective is much more important than trying to match numbers.