With the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens, Obama will soon be nominating a second supreme court justice. Obama has been reported as saying that he will nominate a justice that supports women's rights. This does not necessarily mean that the justice will be pro-choice and a supporter of abortion rights for women.
What Obama has said is that the new supreme court justice will not be appointed to even out the gender or ethnicity overall, but rather men and women alike of any race are eligible for the nomination. In a very interesting choice, President Obama has also decided that whoever is to be nominated will not undergo a litmus test to force out an opinion on the very controversial Roe v Wade court case of 1973. Instead Obama has said that the justice who he will nominate will have to be a strong supporter of women's rights and in favor of allowing women to make difficult decisions about their own health including reproductive health.
Although the first steps have been taking to appointing a justice and many candidates are under review, President Obama is still some time from making a decision. A decison that along with his last appointment will surely color the supreme court decisions for many years to come.




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