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  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg praises Brett Kavanaugh and reflects on gender equality

    07/03/2019 3:47:09 PM PDT · by Libloather · 42 replies
    See BS ^ | 7/03/19 | ALEXANDRA CHAIDEZ
    Supreme Court justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Tuesday praised newly-confirmed Justice Brett Kavanaugh for appointing an entirely female staff. Ginsburg spoke about her own history in the fight for gender equality to a packed auditorium at Georgetown Law School. Ginsburg praised Kavanaugh — whose controversial confirmation was marked by allegations of sexual assault — and remarked that the court's upcoming fall term will be the first time in history that more women will be clerking than men. "There is a very important first on the Supreme Court this term and it's thanks to our new justice, Justice...
  • Justice Ginsburg Reveals Details of Threat (USSC targets of society's "irrational fringe")

    03/15/2006 2:17:12 PM PST · by Liz · 142 replies · 4,976+ views
    AP ^ | March 15, 2006 | GINA HOLLAND, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
    WASHINGTON Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor have been the targets of death threats from the "irrational fringe" of society, people apparently spurred by Republican criticism of the high court. Ginsburg revealed in a speech in South Africa last month that she and O'Connor were threatened a year ago by someone who called on the Internet for the immediate "patriotic" killing of the justices. Security concerns among judges have been growing. Conservative commentator Ann Coulter joked earlier this year that Justice John Paul Stevens should be poisoned. Over the past few months...