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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she had me fooled
Really? Seems there is at least 4 more even more effeminate critters
Let me translate Justice Ginsburg’s lament.
” I’m tired of the toilet seat always being up.”
If we should have women on the Supreme Court, they should at least be intelligent.
Just imagine if Scalia were to state it the other way around.
Man, I came **this close** to saying something uncharitable on Good Friday.
Say Ruth...er...”quits.” I, uh, don’t think Ruth’s demographics are the one’s obama’s gonna’ be lookin’ to fill.
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This is a no brainer.
Ginsburg, if you don't like it, then Quit!
I lament her being the only woman on the SC also.
She has no business being there in the first place.
Oh come on, there’s no question she’s pretty feminine, especially by female lawyer standards.
I would very much like to hear her explain how, legally and constitutionally, those other legal systems could possibly be incorporated into our own. She knows the answer - she just doesn't want to talk about it. Cat, bag, etc.
I to wish we had another woman on the court, so I vote for Sarah Palin to be appointed in Ginsburg’s place when she retires, if not Sarah then one of the other equally conservative women in politics, whatever we do, don’t appoint a judge or a lawyer to the bench!(as if we will have a choice in the matter with Bozo at the helm)
oh yes I'm sure your sort of monster women can do just that from the courts most enthusiastic baby killer bitch
Well the President could choose to appoint more female justices. There would be nothing illegal or unconstitutional about that. Of course Bush tried that, and it was a less than impressive effort.
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