Response # 28

President Barack Obama was considering Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court. The media got a hold of this speculation and criticized on whether she should be nominated for this position. People who did not like her thought of very cleaver words to characterize her to determine to the public that she was not capable of serving on the Supreme Court. The major criticism she received was the lack of intelligence that was needed for such a position. She was not considered to be as smart as some other candidates who were more than likely men. The main factor for the criticism was because of her gender. She is a female and many people believe that women do not have the same capabilities, as do men. She was also characterized as being a “bully on the bench.” This was supposed to be a negative connotation because it would allow for her to not determine the law in a fairly manner. Another criticism is that she had a large ego. Assuming that men do not ever posses large egos ever in the Supreme Court. However, let’s face it, the people who serve on the Supreme Court do have the support for such egos. They have attended some of the most prestigious laws schools in the country. They have served for many other courts throughout the year and are some of the best candidates to interpret what was written in the constitution hundreds of years ago. All of the criticisms that Sonia received which, not to mention, some of them fabricated through the media, all were to suppose that she did not have to same capabilities that a man would be able to possess. This shows that the persisting existence of gender basis of whether mown belong in the field of law or not.