The Female Factor

Slate.com
Dahlia Lithwick
August 27, 2010

As Elena Kagan joins the Supreme Court, for the first time in American history there will be three women serving together on the high court. Will having three women change the court? In 2006, the Critical Mass Project reported that having three or more women on a corporate board had this effect, and Sumru Erkut, co-author of the Critical Mass report, believes having three women on the Court will have a similar effect. When women serve on a board together, it is more likely that all of the women will be heard, and will not feel as if their own voice is meant to represent all women. Though having three women on the court may not reshape constitutional law, it will allow more women's perspectives to be heard as cases that affect American women's lives are decided.

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An excerpt of this article was also posted on the Law Blog of the Wall Street Journal.