Richard Blumenthal, among the Democrats who met with Biden about the nomination earlier this month, said he expected the nominee will “really help unite the country.” … This is about my daughter, who needs to see somebody like herself be in a position of power.” Sotomayor stayed in.Īlready, Democrats have built up expectations around the yet-to-be-named nominee.īiden has said he will nominate “someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki says she will have “impeccable experience.” Connecticut Sen. It was at that point, however, that a friend with an 8-year-old daughter told her: “This is not about you, dummy. Deeply hurt by articles after her nomination that suggested she was not smart enough and not very nice in the courtroom, she thought about pulling out of the process. Sotomayor almost decided not to go through with her own nomination to the court. Kennedy School of Government who studies the issues of gender and race and the law. “They have to be so perfect as to shield themselves from the criticism,” said Maya Sen, a political scientist at Harvard’s John F. Women, and in particular Black women, often feel pressure to be the most qualified in the room to overcome the outsize criticism and questions surrounding their fitness they can attract. “But for women of color, people in top positions are not as frequent and certainly not as numerous.” “I think there are, for women in general, the need for role models,” she said, citing O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court’s second female justice, as having inspired her. Sotomayor acknowledged in a 2018 public appearance that she felt the weight of being the only woman of color on the court, calling it a “really big burden” and “a great responsibility.” Justice Sonia Sotomayor became its first Latina justice in 2009. Thurgood Marshall was the court’s first Black justice, in 1967. Louis Brandeis was the court’s first Jewish member, in 1916. Taney, the court’s first Catholic, in 1836. That will only be magnified for Biden’s nominee, who will immediately join the ranks of court firsts. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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