Sorry, but I think that is stupid. Why on earth should gender matter?

What percentage of the population has red hair? Blonde hair? I think they are underrepresented on the court! How many Asians do we have? Surely if the court needs to 'look' like America we should have one Asian on there.

And while we're at it, geography matters. We need to make sure rural Americans are every bit as represented on the court as city folk.

And what's with all these ivy leaguers? I'm sorry, but that doesn't represent my background at all. I got my BS at a private liberal arts university and went to grad school at a large state university, neither of which were anywhere near the right or left coasts.

I don't see why gender and race get 'flagged' as the go-to characteristics that dictate what quotas we fill when we look for Supreme Court appointments. It isn't supposed to be about your *past* or your *upbringing* or your personal *take* on things. It's supposed to be about the Constitution.

I much prefer Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's famous quote that "a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases" to Sotomayor's thoughts about a Hispanic woman having a better perspective than a white male. What a racist thing for her to say!