the push by some gay organizations for her nomination<\/a> on that basis part of the landscape in the justice nomination.<\/p>\nI won’t buy into the buzz word of “identity politics” that the Right likes to throw around (usually followed by “gone wild”). As I said, Sullivan would bring interesting perspectives to the court based on her gender, her orientation, and, heck, all her other life experiences. On the other hand, I wouldn’t want Ellen DeGeneris as a nominee, even if she’s also female and gay, because what we want are people who can serve well as SCOTUS justices, not just people who have the “right” check boxes ticked off next to their demographies.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, Sullivan’s credentials for the job are pretty darned solid (she was also strongly in the running for Soliciter General). Groups supporting her should be pushing her nomination n that basis, not on some argument of diversity (which is both obvious and incendiary). If she’s picked, I’ve no doubt that there are folks on the Right who will deride the choice as being a sop to the Teh Evil Liberal Gayz, but it would be nice if there weren’t a lot of people supporting <\/em>her primarily on that basis to back their claim.<\/p>\nOf course, I’m a pasty white guy, so what do I know?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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