http://womenandpolitics.org/archives/supreme-court-woman/660 A blog from WCF about the state of women and politics Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:08:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://womenandpolitics.org/archives/supreme-court-woman/660#comment-1985 Ann Wed, 27 May 2009 15:22:28 +0000 http://womenandpolitics.org/?p=660#comment-1985 Hooray for the president and Sotomayor. It is so great to see another woman nominated for the court--and a latina one at that! I think another woman should be appointed to fill the next vacancy as well (assuming Ginsburg sticks around)....I would love to see at least three women up there. Hooray for the president and Sotomayor. It is so great to see another woman nominated for the court–and a latina one at that! I think another woman should be appointed to fill the next vacancy as well (assuming Ginsburg sticks around)….I would love to see at least three women up there.

]]> http://womenandpolitics.org/archives/supreme-court-woman/660#comment-1679 Mindy Mon, 11 May 2009 15:51:52 +0000 http://womenandpolitics.org/?p=660#comment-1679 Some have argued that since Justice Souter has been a liberal voice on the court, that President Obama's pick won't really change the makeup of the court. However, if he chooses a younger, progressive woman, he can help to ensure that the liberal voice of the court can remain strong for a long time to come and that the new justice, whomever she may be, will embody the empathy that President Obama so eloquently described. Some have argued that since Justice Souter has been a liberal voice on the court, that President Obama’s pick won’t really change the makeup of the court. However, if he chooses a younger, progressive woman, he can help to ensure that the liberal voice of the court can remain strong for a long time to come and that the new justice, whomever she may be, will embody the empathy that President Obama so eloquently described.

]]> http://womenandpolitics.org/archives/supreme-court-woman/660#comment-1607 Chandra Garsson Wed, 06 May 2009 19:51:36 +0000 http://womenandpolitics.org/?p=660#comment-1607 Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the only Supreme Court Justice who understood what young Savannah went through when her principal and school nurse strip-searched her. Ms. Ginsburg burst forth passionately, with many instances of her knowlege of the injustice and abuse that was done to the traumatized girl.The men on the Supreme court were at a total loss in the matter, sighting instances of having undressed for Gym, going skinny-dipping as kids, and the like, wrongfully expressing that these incidences were somehow comparable. There is a thoroughness and a vigilence about women, indeed an unwillingness to be oblivious, that is urgently needed on the Supreme court. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the only Supreme Court Justice who understood what young Savannah went through when her principal and school nurse strip-searched her. Ms. Ginsburg burst forth passionately, with many instances of her knowlege of the injustice and abuse that was done to the traumatized girl.The men on the Supreme court were at a total loss in the matter, sighting instances of having undressed for Gym, going skinny-dipping as kids, and the like, wrongfully expressing that these incidences were somehow comparable. There is a thoroughness and a vigilence about women, indeed an unwillingness to be oblivious, that is urgently needed on the Supreme court.

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