Sotomayor Says A Woman Chief Justice May Be Unlikely In Her Lifetime

Kids often ask me when will there be a woman chief justice. And I go, 'Maybe not in my lifetime.' I don't know because Chief Justice Roberts is younger than I am. Since I've been there-16 years now-there are five new members.

When you have an institution in which you're building up that much tenure among people, it can feel more static than institutions like the presidency that change every eight years or other political institutions that change more regularly.

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