Would justice be better served in the United States if more Supreme Court judges were women?

Abstract

Judges are people who are officially appointed to preside over a court or conduct hearings and decide disputes and enforce the law. With the development of time and social progress, more and more women are getting rid of the drudgery of household chores. They began to receive education and work. In the legal profession, judges also began to appear as women. However, the emergence of women was accompanied by prejudice. This article will start with the social prejudice against women, and meanwhile, give a brief description of such difficulties faced by women. However, women do play important roles in some specific events, based on their gender attributes. In the legal profession, some female judges have made influenced social progress. But from an objective view, there is no evidence to suggest which gender would better contribute to the achievement of justice. Finally, it will propose the main points of the paper: there’s no necessary connection between legal decisions and the gender of the judge.