Comments on: Lesbian law prof among potential Supreme Court nominees

By: MavsFan

MavsFan — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:39:22 +0000

I VOTE THE LESBIAN! Oh….wait, maybe I should look at the issues as well. Obama’s appointees so far have not dazzled me, so I am not expecting much outta this one.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:51:41 +0000

The blather frothing up through the media favours Sonja Sotomayer because she’s a Clinton appointee, Latina & a Yale graduate. Secret societies & all. Menstruator, I believe it will be a woman & in any event I expect a big improvement over Roberts, Thomas, and that vile Scalia. Maybe someone literate? That would be refreshing.

By: Alexa

Alexa — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:25:54 +0000

I have no confidence in Obama to make any decision that he thinks will lose him straight people’s votes.

By: charley

charley — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:11:13 +0000

The choice will be a woman but not an openly gay one. Too much for Mr. Mainstream.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:10:33 +0000

Sullivan sounds kind of like our Thurgood Marshall. Let’s hope for her advancement.

We need more women on the court. 1 of 9? It’s an embarrassment. Plus, we need liberals who will be there a looong time, and women tend to live longer than men. So give me a hair-on-fire liberal female. Nothing less.

By: roy reyle

roy reyle — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:46:58 +0000

i would like to see judge judy get it but kathleen sullivan would be ok

By: Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:09:41 +0000

Deval Patrick also has an openly gay daughter and is very supportive of her. I know nothing of his politics around LGBT issues, but that is at least something…

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:37:00 +0000

Since President Obama has yet to show much in the way of courage or competence in office, I have no hope of him appointing a qualified progressive, much less a lesbian. This is a chance to prove progressives wrong though. My biggest concern with ethnic minority appointments is homophobia (which Obama himself shows). Anything less than unqualified support for marriage equality is not acceptable at this point. I’d rather have a white, hetero male who supports LGBT equality than a woman or ethnic minority that does not.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:53:40 +0000

My attitude is let the best and brightest win regardless of gender get retiring Justice Souter’s position even though I want very much to see more women on the US Supreme Court bench. This court in the past has had too many men and not enough women there. And I have been waiting long enough for our country to have a female president like various other countries do.

By: Robert, NYC

Robert, NYC — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:51:10 +0000

When Bush was in power, he made sure he stacked the Supreme Court with 5 republicans. Now the republicans are whining about progressive democrats to the bench. I only hope Obama grows a pair and appoints two or three liberal women assuming any others step down or die. Its about time we had a court stacked in favor of the democrats for a change. Give the other side a dose of its own medicine.