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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Justice Ginsberg is proof that her own quote is correct.
Hmmmmmmm. The Constitution says the President has the power to appoint Supreme Court justices. And that the Senate must advise and consent.
But nowhere does it say that Associate Justices have any role in the appointment process. Perhaps Justice Ginsburg's copy of the Constitution reads differently than mine...?
Maybe it is because we don't have a penis and that is just separate but not equal. So we need the court to balance this out. :-}
Well, she's Jewish and female, so Ruthie should be happy.
I hear this elitist attitude come from her. No wonder why the rest of the Justices DO NOT like her. Even the libs on the court can't stand her....
Sooner the better.
She's the living proof.
It is in deed and in fact racist. It is also affirmative action. That is exactly how such important decisions should be made. Not
Is she looking for a date?
Your copies of the Constitution are the same, but you hold the Constitution in higher regards than she does.
"Scary" is an understatement.
Potential nominees should be questioned on their understanding of which law takes priority, world court or the US Constitution.
I wonder if Ginsburg would answer such a question?
Freakin unbelievable!!!
wasn't she the witch in the land of oz???? it would be priceless to see her pedaling a bike....
""I have a list of highly qualified women, but the president has not consulted me," Ginsburg said during a brief interview Wednesday night."
She's got to be joking, Right??
It sure seems that way to me, just from the body language I witnessed during the Rehnquist funeral.
But she's just dumb, too. She can look the world over and not find a better beacon of human rights and women's rights than the USofA.
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.
. . .
Ginsburg defended some of the justices' references to laws in other countries when making decisions, a practice strongly opposed by some U.S. legislators. . .
"I will take enlightenment wherever I can get it," she said. "I don't want to stop at a national boundary."
Arrogant and stupid. That's what she is. She'd look to Sharia Law for human and women's rights.
To hell with the men I guess.
"I have a list of highly qualified women, but the president has not consulted me," Ginsburg
My estimation of the President rises again.
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