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The US Supreme Court has broken through many boundaries in terms of race, religion, and gender, along with the nation as a whole.
Historically important justices include:
Roger Taney - first Roman Catholic on the Court
Appointed by Andrew Jackson in 1836
Louis Brandeis - first Jewish justice
Appointed by Woodrow Wilson in 1916
Thurgood Marshall - first African American on the Court
Appointed by Lyndon Johnson in 1967
Sandra Day O'Connor - first female on the Court
Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981
Ruther Bader Ginsburg - second female on the Court
Appointed by Bill Clinton in 1993
Strides have been made in making the Supreme Court a diverse group of individuals, but there are still uncharted territories.
With David Souter soon leaving his seat, President Obama will have to make the difficult decision of nominating a new Justice. Will he chose a woman, a gay man or lesbian, a Muslim, or a white, protestant male?
One such nominee could be openly gay former Sanford Law dean, Kathleen Sullivan. Sullivan has argued for GLBT causes in front of the Court and was a law professor at Harvard before her time at Sanford. Both the Wallstreet Journal and Washington Post have mentioned Sullivan as a possible nominee.
Whether his nomination makes history for breaking into uncharted territory for the Court or not, any Supreme Court nomination will prove to be an interesting and exciting time for the nation.
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