Is Judge Motley a Feminist Fire Brand?

Judge Motley is known as a liberal judge who favors plaintiffs in civil rights cases. She's unhappy with that reputation, she thinks it's unfair. The lawyer for Sullivan and Cromwell writes her a letter saying that as a woman, she likely will be biased in this case. And he asks her to withdraw from the case and goes on to file a motion of recusal against her. But Judge Motley turns the lawyers logic on its head: "If race or gender or practice background alone, we're enough to disqualify a judge" It's just a brilliant opinion pushing back against the notion that civil rights lawyer should not be in a position of deciding discrimination cases.