http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/10/us/politics/10stevens.html?ref=politics

The article that I read this week came from www.newyorktimes.com and is titled “Steven’s Retirement is Political Test for Obama”. It focuses on the retirement of eighty-nine year old, associate Supreme Court Judge John Paul Stevens. Not only is this a big deal because Stevens has served as a Judge for thirty-five years, but also because this means that President Barack Obama will get to nominate someone new to Supreme Court. Few presidents have had this opportunity. The article explains that this will be a big decision especially after the healthcare bill. The President says he has it narrowed down to ten candidates, three of whom he is really pulling for. They democrats fear that whoever he appoints, the Republicans will deny. Things could get ugly. I chose this article because we just read a chapter on the appointment of Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas in 1991. That appointment, however, was embedded in a scandal between him and Anita Hill. Hopefully President Obama’s choice will not involve any drama like Judge Thomas had. But I think today if something like that were to happen again, the woman would be taken much more serious that Anita Hill was nearly twenty years ago. Women have gained much more respect since then.