There's never been a Hispanic on the high court though they're 15 percent of the US population.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus was so eager to see President Obama nominate the first Hispanic to the US Supreme Court, its top leaders sent a letter urging him to do so two days before Justice David Souter announced his retirement.
A spokesman for the caucus says the timing of the letter is a coincidence. But the sense that this is the Latino community’s “moment for justice” is not.
Various groups are agitating for Mr. Obama’s attention as he contemplates his first high-court vacancy – and the first for a Democratic president in 15 years. Gay rights groups are putting spokespeople on cable TV, arguing for the first openly gay justice. Women’s groups say that having only one woman on a court of nine is woefully inadequate. And Hispanics argue that they’re long overdue for a Supreme Court seat, noting they now make up 15 percent of the US population. READ FULL STORY
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