Difference between revisions of "Ruth Bader Ginsburg"
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{{cquote | All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself. }} | {{cquote | All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself. }} | ||
| − | She wrote the opinion in [[ | + | She wrote the opinion in [[Stenberg v. Carhart]] (2000), where she commented that [[Roe v. Wade]] may have actually hindered women's rights, by making into "soft law" that which should have been legislated. While it was, she states, the right thing to do at the time, judicially, it caused a backlash because it was only a ruling from the Court and not a law. |
In 2007, she wrote two scathing dissents, one in [[Gonzales v. Carhart]] (in which the majority upheld the ban on late term abortions) chastising the Court for treating women as second class citizens, belittling their intelligence and ability to make decisions, and treating them like children by saying that the State must *protect* women from bad choices. | In 2007, she wrote two scathing dissents, one in [[Gonzales v. Carhart]] (in which the majority upheld the ban on late term abortions) chastising the Court for treating women as second class citizens, belittling their intelligence and ability to make decisions, and treating them like children by saying that the State must *protect* women from bad choices. | ||
Revision as of 05:40, 3 September 2008
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15, 1933, Brooklyn, New York) is a hell on wheels, spitfire Supreme Court Justice. She is the last remaining true liberal on the Roberts Court; she is the only woman currently serving, and she is the only Supreme Court Justice who has ever carried a powerful feminist voice. Even facing five conservatives who are determined to push abortion back into the alleys and make women accept that they are just silly women, and too damn bad, the Honorable Ginsburg stands against them (literally) reading chastising dissents saying "we won't go lightly into the night". Prior to her appointment on the United States Supreme Court, Ms. Ginsburg was an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union.
Famous oinions and dissents
Justice Ginsburg was one of 2 dissents to Bush v. Gore. She outlined what many see as a clear violation of the roles and powers of the US Supreme Court and did not hold back in her written dissent to chastise the Court at large. She stated in her opinion:
“” All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.
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She wrote the opinion in Stenberg v. Carhart (2000), where she commented that Roe v. Wade may have actually hindered women's rights, by making into "soft law" that which should have been legislated. While it was, she states, the right thing to do at the time, judicially, it caused a backlash because it was only a ruling from the Court and not a law.
In 2007, she wrote two scathing dissents, one in Gonzales v. Carhart (in which the majority upheld the ban on late term abortions) chastising the Court for treating women as second class citizens, belittling their intelligence and ability to make decisions, and treating them like children by saying that the State must *protect* women from bad choices.
On a woman's right not to tell her husband about a pregnancy and abortion:
“”I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.
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“”The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
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“” I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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