Posted on 04/10/2009 10:34:31 PM PDT by Steelfish
Justice Ginsburg laments being court's only woman
By MATT LEINGANG, Associated Press Writer Friday, April 10, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday it's lonely being the only woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ginsburg told law students at a symposium at Ohio State University that she misses her former colleague Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired in 2006.
"It's lonely for me, not that I don't love all my colleagues. I do," Ginsburg said. Women bring a life experience to the court that men can't, she said.
When members of the public visit the court to watch the proceedings, Ginsburg said she can't help but wonder what they think.
"There I am all alone, and it doesn't look right," said Ginsburg, who was appointed to the court by President Bill Clinton in 1993.
The Supreme Court of Canada has four women, including the chief justice, and the United States could benefit by looking at the legal systems of other countries, she said.
Ginsburg, 76, had surgery in February for pancreatic cancer. She has said the operation successfully removed the cancer but didn't address the issue Friday.
Ginsburg has said she wants to match the tenure of Justice Louis Brandeis, who served for more than two decades until age 82.
"It's the best and the hardest job I've ever had," she told students.
Court watchers suggest Ginsburg, 88-year-old John Paul Stevens and 69-year-old David Souter are the most likely to retire.
If Ginsburg or another justice leaves, it would fall to President Barack Obama to pick a successor. He would be expected to choose another liberal, keeping in place the 5-4 conservative tilt of the court.
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I disagree.
I went to school with a beautiful and brilliant woman who modeled her way through college and law school.
She did a stint as an assistant U.S. Attorney.
On a side note, she quit doing swimsuit and lingerie modeling after she passed the bar as she felt it would be inappropriate for an officer of the court to do so.
To be fair, that girl sounds more feminine than at least 80% of the girls I go to school with.
Justice Ginsburg is female? Who knew?!
You need to meet the girl I know who are becoming lawyers. (conservative one too). She is so pretty (and elegant). Also the girls my dad graduated from Law school with... they were all so pretty :D.
Coulter’s actually pretty masculine, at least compared to the other girls there.
Which law schools? I feel some of the nicer Southern schools like Vanderbilt might be a little better along those lines than Harvard.
With her voting record she doesn’t encourage me to wish for another.
LOL not more needs to be said
As Arlen Spector would say,
"According to Scottish law, 'Not Proven!'
She is an elegant, willowy, absolutely gorgeous blond, with laser beam green eyes.
Yes, I am smitten.
she belongs in stocks along the reflecting pond for all to throw rotten produce at.
As a former president might have said, "Close, but no cigar."
I had no idea Miss Ingraham was stacked. I will now pay more attention to her.
She's not very masculine to me, but she's definitely got more balls than most of the R's in Congress!
And she was one of the most un-stuck-up, down-to-earth people I knew at the time.
Probably still is.
From Laugh-In:
"Do you believe in the hereafter?"
"Yes."
"Well, then you know what I'm here after."
Happy Easter 1 day early...(countdown to Guinness and chocolate continues).
Cheers!
Cheers!
The only one I can find is a poorly scanned newspaper article that doesn’t do her justice (pardon the pun).
then leave....
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