The Alaska Judicial Council, after a very intense evaluation process recommends only those it believes to be qualified to serve on the Supreme Court. In this case it submitted four names to the governor from which to choose. The names are not ranked best, second best, and so on. So from a legal stand point he can assume that the council simply believes each is well qualified. In this case all candidates considered equal it would be in the best interests of the administration of justice to have diversity on the Court. It seems to me to be a no brainer. Pick a female! But politics gets involved at this point. Walker had shown a propensity to pick people who contributed to his campaign and who clearly were not the best choice. Witness his appointment of Dr Roland Maw to the Fish Board, who is now facing five felony counts for PFD fraud.  Let's hope he will do the right thing in the selection of a member to the highest court in the state and leave politics out of it.