Ginsburg a minority of one on high court

Associated Press ^ | June 4, 2007 | Mark Sherman

[Zakeet]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no need any longer for her "I'm Ruth, Not Sandra" T-shirt. She could, however, use Sandra Day O'Connor's vote.

O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court last year, replaced by a man. Her departure almost certainly cost Ginsburg's side a victory in an abortion case, decided 5-4 in April, and might have been a factor in a wage discrimination lawsuit the court last week decided, also by a 5-4 vote, against a woman and in favor of her employer.

Ginsburg and O'Connor, the only women among the 110 justices in U.S. history, were not always on the same side. O'Connor, who has her own "I'm Sandra, Not Ruth" shirt, dissented from Ginsburg's very first opinion on the court.

Yet they often were together on issues of particular concern to women, notably abortion rights.

Twice this term, Ginsburg has written sharp dissents that were made more notable because she took the unusual and dramatic step of reading them in court. The last time she read even one dissent from the bench in a term was three years ago.

Calling the court's decision to uphold a nationwide ban on an abortion procedure "alarming," Ginsburg said it "cannot be understood as anything other than an effort to chip away at a right declared again and again by this court — and with increasing comprehension of its centrality to women's lives."

The majority chose not to require doctors to explain different abortion procedures and their risks, she said. "Instead, the court shields women by denying them any choice in the matter. This way of protecting women recalls ancient notions about women's place in society and under the Constitution — ideas that have long since been discredited," Ginsburg said.

[Zakeet]

RUTH BUZZI-GINSBURG: The former chief counsel for Planned Parenthood misses Sandra Day O'Connor

[oblomov]

If you disagree with her on a constitutional interpretation, she might slug you with her purse.

[Jazzman1]

this BEAST epitomizes the danger and the ugliness of the far-left. ANOTHER legacy from the administration that brought you the rise & power of al-qaeda, North Korean nukes and the always dangerous PC mentality.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Last week, the court threw out a discrimination suit by Lilly Ledbetter, a longtime Goodyear supervisor who was paid thousands of dollars a year less than her male peers. "In our view, this court does not comprehend, or is indifferent to, the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination," Ginsburg said.

The Associated Press, in its usual unbiased way, overlooks the fact that the statute of limitations had expired.

[domenad]

If she’s so lonely, I’m fine with Souter retiring and Janice Rogers Brown taking his place.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Souter retiring and Janice Rogers Brown taking his place.

Amen to that!

JRB “Gets It” when it comes to the evils of government and the advantage to a free people of reducing the amount of government.

[muawiyah]

Souter has better things to do than play court. Places to go. People to see. Hope, hope, hope.

[joe fonebone]

If she is lonely as the only woman on the court, we need to get her some company....Janice Rodgers Brown for Supreme Court Justice.......

[ClaireSolt]

This is offensive. Lady justice is blindfolded, and the judges of the high court should act like they are too.

[Jim Noble]

There has never been any question about who or what Madame Justice Ginsburg was.

She is the most radical activist, with the wost judicial temperament, ever proposed or confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Ever.

Which raises the question, why was there no dissent in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and why was she confirmed by a vote of 96-3?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[weegee]

Judicial tyranny or judicial tranny?

[Suzy Quzy]

She’s not BRIGHT either!

[Suzy Quzy]

Isn’t Souter a woman also?

[Always Right]

The Associated Press, in its usual unbiased way, overlooks the fact that the statute of limitations had expired.

The court is not about interpreting law, it is about creating social justice in the eyes of some unelected judge.

[Always Right]

Justice is blind and one look at Ginsburg and you understand why.

[stockpirate]

This *hore actually wrote a paper stating that the age of consent between an adult and child should be lowered to 11 years old.

[tflabo]

Souter is Ruthie’s little weasel boy....notice how he hangs around her and votes nearly identical with that former ACLU lawyer-mole RBG. Voting to allow the murderous partial birth abortion procedure(sucking out baby brains) certainly makes them partners in crime and slime. We know what Buzzy is from the get-go but Souter is the ultimate stealth Weasel... worst SC pick by a GOP President Daddy Bush.

[SmithL]

Hear! Hear!

[dfwgator]