>I also judge things other than the economy. I see a more diverse federal bench. I see increased equality for LGBT folks. I see a lot of people with health insurance who didn't have it before. (And yeah, it could better if Congress hadn't obstructed fixing the initial flaws in the program.)
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Is a "more diverse federal bench" a measure of the effectiveness of the Supreme Court?

The bible says "By their fruits ye shall know them."
It doesn't mention diversity.

A bunch of white men changed history by integrating our schools.
Has any court - however diverse- since then matched the magnitude of that decision?

Of course we liberals want all groups to get a fair shake - even an extra boost for those who have been wronged in the past- but ultimately capabilty must trump identity or we'll fail.

Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan are the greatest athletes of their generations- not because of their identities- but because they blew everyone else away.
This man who learned golf in the caddy yard went bananas when he saw this black kid breaking one social barrier in the stuffy golf world after another.
But it was his prodigious talent, not some special privilege because he was black, that did it.