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As legal counsel to the president, look at the following characteristics of potential Supreme Court nominees. Rank them from most important to least important. Be prepared to give your reasons.
• 45 years old
• Asian American (assume there are no
Asian Americans on the Court)
• female
• graduated first in class from a top law school
• respected trial court judge
• friend of the president
• believes that affirmative action is unconstitutional
• believes in a woman's right to an abortion
• lives in California (assume there are no current justices from the West Coast)