[tharne]

Point taken, but there's a big difference between saying, "We're going to take hard look at candidates from groups that have historically been passed over so we can get a great justice" and "We're only going to nominate someone from a very specific and small demographic group." I think most reasonable people would agree that the first approach is a good one and the second is misguided.

[FiReaNG3L]

Completely agree with you - it doesn't even do justice to appoint candidates on positive discrimination, as it opens the candidate / legacy to 'the only reason they were there is that they are X minority'.