८ फेब्रुवारी, २०१५

"People ask me sometimes, when — when do you think it will it be enough? When will there be enough women on the court?"

"And my answer is when there are nine," said Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Of course, her answer is rigorously, gloriously correct, and if you don't see exactly why, reveal your incomprehension in the comments, and I will explain, but for now, I'm going to trust in the lucidity of human intelligence and resist tedious pedantry.

४१ टिप्पण्या:

campy म्हणाले...

Yawn.

robother म्हणाले...

Well, at least Ginsberg appears to be against court-packing (but even that proposition assumes that she does not discount conservative females as "women").

kcom म्हणाले...

RIWOs - Republican Inspired Women-like Objects

They're everywhere - prominently in Iowa, Alaska, South Carolina and other places

Curious George म्हणाले...

All I can say is hang in the Judge Ginsberg until there is a GOP in the WH.

TA म्हणाले...

Or zero. That could be enough, too.

MathMom म्हणाले...

Because there were nine men forever, so why not nine women, and because there are only nine available seats??

Well, I'm not very very impressed with the women there now. Wasn't impressed with O'Connor after a while, either - all that "we're looking more to foreign law to determine how to rule" crap. Don't they promise to use, like, the Constitution as a guide to American law???

Paul म्हणाले...

Let's see, women's suffrage gained steam in the late 19th century. ending with their ability to vote around the world (except in Muslim countries).

In between different countries became enlightened enough to let them work side by side with men (USA showed the world in WW2 with 'Rosie the Reverter' and the huge workforce of women (except in Muslim countries.)

But it seems Ginsberg thinks women are, uh, what superior and somehow deserve all the seats in SCOTUS? Dunno about that Hillary, Boxer, and Pelsoi seem to have made a hash out of a lot of things, just as much a hash as men do.

So okie dokie.Lots of luck on that thought.

Rob म्हणाले...

This emphasis on binary gender identification is disheartening. On the other hand, several members of the Court seem effectively androgynous, so we're making progress.

Michael K म्हणाले...

At least Ginsberg has retained enough mentation to remember there are nine.

Gahrie म्हणाले...

Given their apparent inability to substitute reason for emotion, I don't think there should be any women on the Supreme Court.

Rumpletweezer म्हणाले...

Ask me when there'll be enough competent jurists on the court.

Sebastian म्हणाले...

She forgot to specify: with or without vaginas?

dreams म्हणाले...

Ginsberg has outlived former Senator Jim Bunning's prediction of her life expectancy, probably the only instance where she has exceeded his expectations.

Lydia म्हणाले...

From patriarchy to matriarchy. At least she's honest.

Brando म्हणाले...

A better question is when do we stop bean counting race and gender? Probably when the bigots die out.

PB म्हणाले...

"enough" as an adjective that is nonsensical when applied in this context.

rehajm म्हणाले...

It's a trick question, like what color is the little red schoolhouse, or who's buried in Grant's tomb?

Moneyrunner म्हणाले...

Other genders were not amused by her bigotry.

Lydia म्हणाले...

Ginsburg also does clever little things to push her agenda -- like with the use of pronouns in her opinions:

"The most consistent pattern in her writing is to assign particular generics to particular actors throughout all her opinions, most noticeably by using female pronouns to refer generically to judges and to plaintiffs in civil cases, and by using male pronouns to refer to criminal defendants and prisoners."

n.n म्हणाले...

Her answer is correct when the question is how many are enough and too many.

JZ म्हणाले...

I don't give a shit whether they're all women as long as they're not all liberals.

Mrs Whatsit म्हणाले...

Nine is enough women to fill the Court. I think that's what she meant. As in, nine would also be enough men to fill the court. Or, nine would be enough men and women to fill the court. She's tricky, that RBG.

Tom म्हणाले...

"Enough" is the critical word. But our world doesn't leave room for this sort of nuance, on any side of any issue. Which is why I'll never seek office.

Tom म्हणाले...

I'd like to see her response if one of those women is required to be Sarah Palin

rgr म्हणाले...

Since gender is the least important aspect of a justice, the quantity of either gender should be irrelevant. So nine is fine, eight is great, etc. etc.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

When they get an impressive female justice, then perhaps I'll agree. Right now the women on the Supreme Court pretty much have one string on their violins.

campy म्हणाले...

"A better question is when do we stop bean counting race and gender? Probably when the bigots die out."

How likely is that, with our universities manufacturing bigots by the thousands?

Meade म्हणाले...

What she meant was when there are nine women (or men) who are as tough as she is.

Curious George म्हणाले...

"Mrs Whatsit said...
Nine is enough women to fill the Court. I think that's what she meant. As in, nine would also be enough men to fill the court. Or, nine would be enough men and women to fill the court. She's tricky, that RBG.:

This.

virgil xenophon म्हणाले...

I wouldn't care if the SCOTUS was comprised entirely of nine female Filipino-Americans as long as they imbibed in the philosophical waters of the Founding Fathers..

Mark म्हणाले...

Let's just start with getting the first good woman justice. Then we can talk about the rest. (And, yes, we can admit that 95 percent of the men have been mediocrities or worse.) As it is, the current three and the last one are four too many.

robother म्हणाले...

I think we can all agree that enough is enough.

cold pizza म्हणाले...

It's funnier if by "court," you assume basketball. -CP

Renee म्हणाले...

It was a "gotcha" question, it was answered correctly.

J म्हणाले...

Over the years I've read a lot of dystopian science fiction.And none has had more horrifying aspects to their society than those of the matriarchies.And those were written by women

Ignorance is Bliss म्हणाले...

I assumed she was looking to put together a softball team...

Simon म्हणाले...

I think that there will be enough women on the court when five of them vote to overrule Roe v. Wade. I can't imagine much that would be sweeter than President Walker fulfilling his promise to appoint Judge Sykes to the Supreme Court (I'll hold you to that, Scott), but if she replaced Justice Ginsburg that would be, boy, that'd be just wizard.

Simon म्हणाले...

I mean, keep talking, Ruth. In one term, a Republican President could get you most of the way there, replacing Justices Scalia, Kennedy, and Breyer with Justices Sykes, Moore, and Barrett. That gets you to six, and you aren't going to like the results. Keep talking.

Peter म्हणाले...

Nine women is enough?

No, enough is never enough.

After all, these women might not be the right sort of women; some of them might have false consciousness or some other serious defect.

mikesixes म्हणाले...

Enough justices=9
So 9 women would be enough (so would 9 men)

Ben (The Tiger on Politics) म्हणाले...

Presumably Althouse means that justices ought to be picked on merit, so if there are seven female SCOTUS justices and an opening happens and the most qualified appointee happens to be female, she should be nominated anyway.

Not sure Ginsburg meant that, though.