The process goes something like this: From “everybody”, filter in or out the ones who (pick any criterion), and the ones who (pick any other criterion), and the ones who … until you’ve covered all the criteria that you need to care about. This is, logically, A and B and C and … and Z. The rules of logic are that “and is commutative” which means that it doesn’t matter what order you do it in. If Biden wants to select people who are black and female he can do that first, middle or last and the SAME SET WILL RESULT.
Is it reasonable to select only people who have a track record of rulings that (mostly) seem to be “correct by my preferences”? Absolutely yes. That’s the President’s prerogative. And of course Mitch etc. can object and potentially force him to find someone else. So is it also reasonable to select a black woman? Absolutely yes, because THAT TOO is the President’s prerogative.
PS: It’s also perfectly reasonable for people who oppose everything Biden does to complain about… everything he does. That doesn’t make it right. Or correct.
The process goes something like this: From “everybody”, filter in or out the ones who (pick any criterion), and the ones who (pick any other criterion), and the ones who … until you’ve covered all the criteria that you need to care about. This is, logically, A and B and C and … and Z. The rules of logic are that “and is commutative” which means that it doesn’t matter what order you do it in. If Biden wants to select people who are black and female he can do that first, middle or last and the SAME SET WILL RESULT.
Is it reasonable to select only people who have a track record of rulings that (mostly) seem to be “correct by my preferences”? Absolutely yes. That’s the President’s prerogative. And of course Mitch etc. can object and potentially force him to find someone else. So is it also reasonable to select a black woman? Absolutely yes, because THAT TOO is the President’s prerogative.
PS: It’s also perfectly reasonable for people who oppose everything Biden does to complain about… everything he does. That doesn’t make it right. Or correct.