No religion, gender or ethnicity disqualifies a person from becoming a Supreme Court justice, but how should a particular judge's life experiences -- including faith, gender or ethnicity -- inform his or her judicial rulings? The experiences we have in our lives are fundamental to the way we understand and interpret the world in which we live. It is natural, therefore, that the experiences of judges will influence the way they understand and interpret the law as well. This, in itself, is not at all problematic. To the extent that religious values are important to a judge, these will also influence the way he or she understands what laws mean and what rulings are correct. Moreover, any set of values that a judge holds, be it liberal, conservative, religious or secular will undoubtedly have some influence on that judge's rulings.