On February 6, 2014 The New York Times published an editorial entitled The Homogeneous Federal Bench. The piece explains the authors opinion that the Judicial bench should be equally and dynamically  represented with a host of different professionals from different arenas of law. The editorial explains how President Obama's nominees were composed of eight-five precent corporate lawyers, prosecutors, or both. This could be to keep his republican counterparts happy because the author also explains that the Republican Party seems to be more business friendly and wants to appear tough on law, hence the corporate lawyers and prosecutors. Out of the fifty-six nominees, four were public defenders and twenty-one were prosecutors. I agree on the point that we  need diversity to accurately represent a multitude of different life experiences for important decision making. Without a dynamic representation we are suspecting ourselves to unfair rulings and group-think. Group think is the phenomenon in which all agree out of fear of going against the grain and/or out of the absence of new ideas.  The New York Times author uses the example of Thurgood Marshall, the first black Justice who worked as a lawyer during the civil right movement. Those who worked along side Thurgood respected his life experience and his where- with-all on issues they were not well versed in.  The author shows credibility by the use of statistics and examples to back up their point. I believe the the audience for this editorial would be predominately neutral and aimed at the American public to raise awareness. There are a few political undertones here and there that I feel favor the Democratic Party, but over all I believe this is an informational piece with a valid point. My favorite part is the call to action for our President in the final paragraph. The last paragraph informs the reader that their are fifty Judicial federal seats vacant. This fact gives our President apt opportunity to fill the spots with a dignified, dynamic, and diverse group to carry out ethical decision making.