Dahlia Lithwick, writing in Newsweek, says it's about time we had more females on the bench, because men are too fond of "rigid rules and clear lines" while the women tend to favor an "ethic of care" over and "ethic of rights." ("Women: Truly the Fairer Sex" says the headline. Ha, ha; cute pun.)
Debate has raged for decades about whether there is something unique about women's jurisprudence. A 1986 study of (Sandra Day) O'Connor's opinions published by Prof. Suzanna Sherry, now at Vanderbilt University, saw evidence of a "feminine jurisprudence
