I think it is disingenuous to pretend that people's life experiences do not inform the decisions they make, whether those decisions are about what car to buy or if the Constitution provides women with the right to abortion.  I also think it is disingenuous to say that women and men are the same, and that the special (gender-related) insight of a woman (or a man) can be just as easily gleaned from the opposite sex.

 With that in mind, I submit that until our Supreme Court more accurately reflects the gender composition of our nation, men should not be considered for the highest court in the land.  We men have had two-plus centuries of unfettered dominance of the judiciary.  Now it is time for us to move in the other direction.  

In my ideal world, only women (and there is certainly no shortage of qualified female candidates for a future post) would be considered for the next few openings on the court.  Once there are four women on the court, any new spots could be open to both female and male candidates, with the emphasis going forward on keeping the equilibrium between the sexes.

 I am not suggesting a law be passed or even that a statement of intentions to create "gender equilibrium" by the President or by those who hope to take his place be given.  Instead, I can only hope that those to whom this decision falls will remember that for the vast majority of our nation's history, women (and many other "non-white-male" groups) languished in the judicial wilderness.