Female Federal Judges more likely to rule in favor of plaintiffs in sex discrimination cases

[usregimechange]

But a diverse Supreme Court isn't just about a bench that looks like America. This is about jurisprudence, too. In research that we conducted with our colleague Andrew D. Martin, we studied the votes of federal court of appeals judges in many areas of the law, from environmental cases to capital punishment and sex discrimination. For the most part, we found no difference in the voting patterns of male and female judges, except when it comes to sex discrimination cases. There, we found that female judges are approximately 10 percent more likely to rule in favor of the party bringing the discrimination claim. We also found that the presence of a female judge causes male judges to vote differently. When male and female judges serve together to decide a sex discrimination case, the male judges are nearly 15 percent more likely to rule in favor of the party alleging discrimination than when they sit with male judges only.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050103406.html

[MADem]

1. So the women have been there and done that, and they bring the male judges to their senses?

Sounds like a win-win.

[usregimechange]

2. Yep.

[havocmom]

3. So: Male Federal Judges are more likely to rule against plaintiffs in sex discrimination cases

Gee, sounds like there should be more female judges, at least in proportion to the female to male ratio in the population. Can't have too many male judges going easy on their bros in cases of picking on the girls, now can we?

Seriously, more females on the bench seem to be good for justice in America.

I would also like to see more MADD member judges and fewer judges who drink socially.

[wildflower]

4. That was my reaction.

They took the male vote as the baseline, and extrapolated "women are more likely to rule for plaintiffs" from that, rather than the other way around, as in your subject line.

[havocmom]

7. LOL and there in lies the problem

Aren't we the majority gender? ;) Wouldn't that make us the norm?

[Captain Hilts]

5. Let's put 'women' on the bench. nt

[LiberalFighter]

6. Is that 10% increase for each woman on the bench?

If so, have at least 4 if not 5 of the members female.

[Exilednight]

8. Here's a better idea. How about judges who can tell the difference between the guilty and innocent.