As legal counsel to the president, look at the following characteristics of potential Supreme Court nominees. Rank them from most important to least important. Be prepared to give your reasons. ● 45 years old ● Hispanic American ● female ● graduated first in class from a top law school ● respected trial court judge ● smoked marijuana while a law professor 20 years ago believes that affirmative action is unconstitutional ● believes in a woman’s right to an abortion ● lives in California (assume there are no current justices from the West Coast) ● practicing Catholic (assume there are no Catholics at present on the Court)