tiffehr → The Way We Live Now → The Place of Women on the Court
From the Brooks op-ed:
This isn’t the old story of a career woman trying to balance work and family. This is the story of pressures that affect men as well as women (men are just more likely to make fools of themselves in response, as the news of the last few years indicates).
What I hope we don’t see — and so far I haven’t, though it’s possibly due to my not paying close enough attention? — is judgment that she isn’t trying to balance them. Maybe it’s purposeful? Who knows. Who. Cares. (fingerscrossed)
From the Ginsburg interview:
Q: It seemed to me that male judges do much more abrasive things all the time, and it goes unremarked.
JUSTICE GINSBURG: Yes, the notion that Sonia is an aggressive questioner — what else is new? Has anybody watched Scalia or Breyer up on the bench?
Q: She’ll fit right in?
JUSTICE GINSBURG: She’ll hold her own.
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