Diversity is a good thing
“Not only is it objectionable in and of itself, it also suggests that Sotomayor is a committed believer in the identity politics school of left-wing thought,” wrote Ilya Somin, an assistant professor of law at George Mason University School of Law. “Worse, it implies that she believes that it is legitimate for judges to base decisions in part on their ethnic or racial origins.”
That’s precisely why we need diversity on the Supreme Court. Basing “decisions in part on their ethnic or racial origins” is what justices have done since there has been a Supreme Court. Until recently “privileged white male” was the common ethnic and racial origin.
There’s nothing wrong or illogical about expecting the court to reflect the nation as a whole. The diversity of background and social viewpoint makes for a stronger, more balanced court. I would not want to return to a Supreme Court of old, white rich male lawyers.