Boxer, Snowe Ask For Female SCOTUS Appointee Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have sent a bipartisan letter to President Obama, asking him to appoint a woman to David Souter’s seat on the Supreme Court. “Women make up more than half of our population, but right now hold only one seat out of nine on the United States Supreme Court,” they wrote. “This is out of balance. In order for the court to be relevant, it needs to be diverse and better reflect America.”
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