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Amy Coney Barrett may be the next woman on the Supreme Court – but does a nominee's gender matter?

  • Written by Susan M. Sterett, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Amy Coney Barrett may be the next woman on the Supreme Court – but does a nominee's gender matter?Trump with 7th U.S. Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett and her family Sept. 26 at the White House.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Donald Trump has so far appointed fewer women as federal judges than any president since Ronald Reagan. In the Senate confirmation hearings now underway for Amy Coney Barrett, Republican senators have repeatedly...

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