Yes it does.
Posted on 09/21/2005 8:10:54 PM PDT by Crackingham
Ruth Bader Ginsburg told an audience Wednesday that she doesn't like the idea of being the only female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. But in choosing to fill one of the two open positions on the court, "any woman will not do," she said.
There are "some women who might be appointed who would not advance human rights or women's rights," Ginsburg told those gathered at the New York City Bar Association.
The retirement of Ginsburg's colleague Sandra Day O'Connor has fueled speculation about whether President Bush will nominate a woman to her position.
Federal Judge John G. Roberts originally was Bush's nominee for O'Connor's seat but now is facing a Senate vote on the position of chief justice, a role empty after the death of William H. Rehnquist.
Ginsburg stressed that the president should appoint a "fine jurist," adding that there are many women who fit that mold.
"I have a list of highly qualified women, but the president has not consulted me," Ginsburg said during a brief interview Wednesday night.
Ginsburg arrived in New York to attend an annual lecture named in her honor. The lecture's focus is on women and the law.
This year, Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, delivered it, while Ginsburg participated in a question-and-answer session afterward.
During the session, which was attended by hundreds of people, Ginsburg defended some of the justices' references to laws in other countries when making decisions, a practice strongly opposed by some U.S. legislators. The justice said using foreign sources does not mean giving them superior status in deciding cases.
"I will take enlightenment wherever I can get it," she said. "I don't want to stop at a national boundary."
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STFU traitor.
Here, here.
Has a USSC justice ever been impeached? Ginsberg should be impeached for this.
Ms Ginsburg hates herself. How can she have heart to judge anything when she cannot even tolerate herself.
She's demanding that there must be someone appointed to the court who's just like her. Why not cut to the bottom line and just demand that she be give two votes? It's what she's really after.
Yes it does.
It's probably beyond the pale to wish she'd hold her breath on that one.
Sure, any old or young liberal or communist would think making up law from the bench was normal.
That would take action from a Congress that is not up to the task, even though it certainly has the power and the right to kick Ginsberg to the curb. And the people aren't about to wake up and put that kind of pressure on the Congress, so loopy Ginsberg gets a pass.
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