Supreme Justice: NPR Style

A new Supreme Justice will have to be named soon, and 2 of the names being thrown around right now are Kathleen Sullivan (Left) and Pam Karlan (Right). Both seem like great candidates and they both attended Stanford Law School. Another thing they have in common is that they are both lesbians, which would be the first openly gay Supreme Justice. As we know, Conservatives will have a hard time accepting this. Or will they? I was going to write a very eloquent article to this, but instead found one that states exactly what I wanted to say, on NPR by Richard Just. Read it before continuing.



Basically, while the conservatives have always claimed that they are not against homosexual people (which is just them lying to themselves) and only against same-sex marriage, their true views will be seen if they go against their nomination. Senator Jeff Session, R-Ala., the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday that he wouldn't consider homosexuality to be "an automatic disqualification." Oh, gee, thanks.

Some conservative leaders have raised warning flags that nomination of a gay or lesbian for the post would be too polarizing. But GOP senators appeared less concerned with the nominee's sexual orientation than with his or her legal knowledge and experience. Many republicans are saying that they haven't given the gay angle much thought. We all know better than to take their word for it, so we will have to wait to see. As of right now, gay rights leaders are urging President Obama to replace the retiring Justice David Souter with either of the highly qualified, openly lesbian candidates. More to come.