General Discussion

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I feel that the court needs to better reflect the heterogeneity of the USA.

6 Roman Catholics, 3 Jews, 0 Protestants, 0 Buddhists, 0 Hindus, 0 Atheists, 0 Agnostics, 0 Shintoists, 0 Daoists (a.k.a. Taoists), 0 Mormons, 0 Rastafari, 0 Quakers, 0 Unitarians, ...

6 Males, 3 Females, 0 Transgendered, 0 Nongendered, ...

9 Heterosexuals, 0 Homosexuals, 0 Bisexuals, 0 Asexuals, 0 Pansexuals, 0 ...any other orientation. (I'm a spectrum of sexual-orientations thinker.)

7 Caucasians, 1 Latina, 1 African-American, 0 Asians, 0 Native Americans, ...

We don't do a real good job of having a Supreme Court that reflects the make-up of the American public. Not all of those inequalities can be fixed at once or in the short term.

I think there needs to be pressure however that the next Justice of the Supreme Court be LGBTQ or Asian, or not a Catholic or a Jew, or diverse from the current make-up. The Supreme Court of the US cannot continue to look like a star-chamber of the dominant culture over other diverse US cultures if they wish to remain relevant and be taken seriously.