Law schools have been producing high-ranking female graduates for over a decade. For example, Maureen Mahoney partner at Latham Watkins and a former deputy solicitor general is one of the most excellent Supreme Court advocates. The mere fact she is not sitting on the District of Columbia Circuit ought not to disqualify her.
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