Posted on 10/22/2007 3:58:44 PM PDT by Baladas
She is short, powerful and understated. And at one time, she was underestimated.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made clear her perspective on some issues when she spoke Sunday at an Atlanta synagogue.
It matters that women and minorities are on the high court if only for the public get equal access to the bathroom, she said in one of the lighter moments of her talk.
The court itself, while collegial, has entered a period of turbulence with a series of 5-4 decisions that started with Bush v. Gore, the decision that ended the 2000 presidential election controversy, she said.
Speaking at Ahavath Achim on Peachtree Battle Avenue, Bader Ginsburg spoke of the discrimination she faced early in her legal career, and the stress she feels when having to vote on 11th hour death-penalty appeals instances in which the appellant will die if the court refuses to hear the case.
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Just remember, a president named "Clinton" appointed this.
The Bush VS. Gore wasn’t 5 to 4, was it???
She is short, powerful, understated, and ugly as sin.
There, fixed it!
I’m just praying Hillary! is the leftists candidate.
That way we’ll have a chance at NOT getting another wart like this one.
5 Justices joined the Per Curium opinion (majority) in Bush v. Gore. Justices Souter and Breyer wrote "dissenting" opinions, but (in those opinions) said that they agreed that the Florida Supreme Court's recount ruling was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
The Liberal Media took the above to mean that the entire decision was by a 5-4 vote. In reality, this was a 7-2 decision regarding the EPC, and a 5-4 decision regarding the stopping of the recount.
Funny how we don’t hear anything about women’s rights in Iran & other ME countries from the enlightened ones.
I remember her when she worked on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, before she got to the USSC:
Oh my gosh! I think you’re right!
As my Dad would say.....”I wonder how much she charges to haunt a house”.
HAHAHA...My dad used to say that too!
Has she ever NOT voted liberal? I’m sure Souter hasn’t.
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