Woman on the Court

I believe President Obama has made a great pick by nominating Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court to fill the seat vacated by the retiring Justice David Souter. The significance of this nomination is two-fold: she will be the first Hispanic Justice on the US Supreme Court, and she will add another female voice on the bench alongside the lone Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The former President Bush could have nominated another female Justice to replace the retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor but instead chose the arch-conservative Samuel Alito. By nominating Judge Sotomayor President Obama has done a great service to both the causes of the Latino people and the feminist movement. A stroke of political genius though it doesn't take a rocket scientist - or a political scientist for that matter - to figure out that politics-wise, Judge Sotomayor is the best pick out of all the other candidates.

Judge Sotomayor, all the best in your Senate confirmation hearing and we look forward to seeing you on the nation's highest judicial bench soon.