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If the choice was "pre-selected" as you and so many others have suggested, then I'm left wondering why were any of us discussing these other nominees when Steven Breyer announced his upcoming retirement? Do you know? California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs 7th Circuit Judge Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi Delaware Supreme Court Justice Tamika Montgomery-Reeves NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund President Sherrilyn Ifill New York 2nd Circuit Judge Eunice Lee Federal district court Judge Wilhelmina “Mimi” Wright from Minnesota Kristen Clarke, who runs the Justice Department’s civil rights division L. Song Richardson, president of Colorado College and a former dean of University of California at Irvine Law School Federal district court Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner from Georgia I suspect all of the non-white male judges over the last 200+ years agree with you on this. Yeah, god forbid we risk insulting the oversensitive delicate egos of white males who have unjustly benefited from the legacy system since basically forever and who feel butthurt that their previous position of privilege is finally eroding. https://www.boredpanda.com/lesson-about-privilege-awareness/

Here is Stalin's speech from that parade. Interesting to juxtapose those circumstances with current situation. Stalin, for that brief period of time, found himself potentially on the right side of history. Putin obviously is not.

Y'all are still talking past each other, because the term discrimination is assumed to be pejorative by those arguing against criteria of ethnicity/gender for a particular appointment. All appointment processes are discriminatory (look at Trump's cabinet, if you have a moment) - the issue in this case is whether or not that discrimination is warranted by what the judicial panel needs to best perform its duties. The pro argument seems to be that having that panel look as diverse as possible increases public trust in the justice system. And broadens the life experience base of the Court. And contributes opinions that reflect a special awareness of the impact of the justice system on the ethnicity which, per capita, has the highest level of contact with the justice system. The con argument seems to be that....well, I'm having difficulty discerning anything beyond "It's discrimination! Discrimination bad!"

No, it was Arnold Schwarzenegger that said that,

Yes opportunities and for Italians an Irish for example have changed, maybe as late as the 20th century. About time we do it for other minorities, no?

A parade was held on Red Square in Moscow from where Soviet troops immediately went to the front, which then took place 100 km west of Moscow.

Putin clearly has bit off more than he can chew. It's a bit like a community football team winning all their matches and thinking they are good enough for the UK premier league or one of the other top national football divisions. This conflict, even if he gets what wants, will surely make him think twice about attacking a NATO country. I suspect China has thought/is thinking like Russia too; that it is invincible by sheer numbers. If you don't have committed soldiers and citizens, that strength is just an illusion. Ukraine has shown that handily, with material support from the West.

If they were two parables