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Date: 2016-02-14 02:12 am (UTC)You want someone in their forties or fifties, traditionally, so they can have a lasting influence. You totally don't want to appoint any men until there are at least five women on the court.
I'm sure Obama can think of a learned black woman or six with a prestigious law degree and no older than mid-forties, but I can also imagine wanting to gift the Republicans with an opportunity for election year PR suicide.