Oregon's Supreme Court Will Be Majority Female

[Disir]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — For the first time in state history, Oregon's Supreme Court will have more women than men when an appeals court judge who was appointed on Wednesday joins the seven-seat bench.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown appointed Rebecca Duncan, who sits on the Oregon Court of Appeals, to fill a vacancy that opens when Justice David Brewer retires on June 30.

Brown called the appointment "historic" and said Duncan has shown "fairness and sensitivity to the needs of vulnerable litigants."
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...egons-supreme-court-heads-for-female-majority

But, they aren't the first. It is just the first time in Oregon.

 

[gtopa1]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — For the first time in state history, Oregon's Supreme Court will have more women than men when an appeals court judge who was appointed on Wednesday joins the seven-seat bench.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown appointed Rebecca Duncan, who sits on the Oregon Court of Appeals, to fill a vacancy that opens when Justice David Brewer retires on June 30.

Brown called the appointment "historic" and said Duncan has shown "fairness and sensitivity to the needs of vulnerable litigants."
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...egons-supreme-court-heads-for-female-majority

But, they aren't the first. It is just the first time in Oregon.

Was she the best on merit?

Greg

 

[DGS49]

Fuck "fairness and sensitivity."

Seriously.

That is not their job on an appellate court. If they want to be "fair and sensitive," they can run for the legislature and do it there. Their job is to read and understand the law as it is written, and apply it to the facts. Period.

 

[task0778]

Fairness and sensitivity means it doesn't matter what the law says, we're going to follow our own personal views on what is right and what is wrong. Otherwise known as the rule of men (or in this case women) over the rule of law.