Reply #19: What does "10% of the population" have to do with it? [View All]

Jews are about 5% of the population, yet there are 2 Jewish Supreme Court Justices right now. And that's probably just as unlikely to shift.

And as I mentioned yesterday, Catholics do not make up 67% of the US population, but they will (assuming Sotomayor is confirmed) make up 67% of the Supreme Court.

So clearly proportional representation has nothing at all to do with selection for the court, and I'm not saying it should. Hell, I think it's good that 2 of them are Jewish, since it's probably the only non-Christian belief that would ever pass Senate confirmation.

But I'd be willing to bet that there has already been a gay man or lesbian on the Supreme Court. There may be one there right now, and ironically enough, he might have been appointed by the Bush Crime Family (considering they appointed 7 of the current 9, those are easy odds)