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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (242382)7/21/2005 2:32:34 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (2) of 1574300
 
There are 9 Justices on the Court and just one woman out of nine. There is no law that there has to be an even split or even a split dependent on the ratio/formula you suggested. However, given that half the population is women in this country, Amy thinks it would have been reasonable to replace the second woman Justice with another woman. And give the vast pool of judges, both male and female, the odds very much favor that there are several men and women with the same impeccable credentials and equally qualified to be a Justice.

What's the point? Amy and I went over this with no progress. Lots of commentary with zero information.

It makes sense to me that the sexual makeup of the Supreme Court matches the sexual makeup of the qualified applicant pool. Do you know the approximate sexual makeup of the qualified applicant pool (say, highly placed judges with 10-30 years experience)? If so, what is it? If not, how can you claim their is a bias in the sexual makeup of the Court?

Just start with the data before you start with the whining, that's all I ask!

PS - The fact that 50% of the population is women does not mean that 50% of the applicant pool is women. This is obvious to most normal people, but I point it out to help you along.
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