This article caught my eye several times today and each time I noticed that something about it didn’t quite sound right. Then, it hit me. “The U.S. Supreme Court will eventually have at least as many female justices as it does male…” It could never have more than that? There could never be more female justices than male? Why?

Maybe I’m making too much out of this statement. Then again, maybe I’m not…

Alito: Future court will have more women

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The U.S. Supreme Court will eventually have at least as many female justices as it does male, Justice Samuel Alito told a university class Wednesday.

Alito, who replaced Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when he was confirmed last year, was answering a student’s question on why the court has just one woman - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Source: Yahoo! News