It’s time for the President to choose what will be a significant part of his legacy.  Supreme Court Justice David Souter is expected to announce his retirement by the end of the Court’s term in June.  There have been rumors circulating for a few weeks about Souter’s retirement because he has yet to begin interviewing law clerks for the next term let alone choosing a law clerk.  Justice Souter is also not a fan of Washington, DC and never has been.  The Justice is very much looking forward to returning to his home state of New Hampshire as soon as a replacement is confirmed.   We assume that the election of Barack Obama played a huge part in the timing of Souter’s decision who is expected to appoint a replacement in keeping with Souter’s constitutional and ideological leanings.  Now the New Hampshire native can leave the Court with a clear conscience.  Oh and for those lambs who say that the Supreme Court isn’t political I have four words for you…..Bush v. Gore  2000.

The President will hopefully choose a woman so that the court is more representative of  the nation.  After all, there are SOOOOO many qualified female candidates out there to choose from.  There are too many men on the Court who are deciding the fate of an equally gendered population.  The highest court in the land should reflect the voices of both genders equally especially when we have such a large qualified pool of women to choose from.   There really is absolutely NO reason not to fill all of the upcoming vacancies on the Court during President Obama’s tenure in the White House with women.   Women bring a valuable and significant perspective to the Court that cannot be duplicated by its male members.  For example, the decision-making process.  Women have a plethora of tools inside their tool boxes that they utilize when making decisions and such tools are vastly different from the tools used by men.  Tools can mean whatever you want it to mean, the point is that men and women think differently and as a result can come to VERY different conclusions.  In addition, women of different backgrounds bring even more perspectives.  Therefore, by only appointing one or two females to SCOTUS deprives the Court of the wealth of stellar and available knowledge and experience that various types of women contribute to the bench everyday.  The more diverse the tools utilized at the table the better and more representative the dish.  In other words, the more the decisions reflect the best interest of the population as a whole.  No more than three vacancies are expected during a consecutive two terms of an Obama administration.