Women on the Bench
As the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor has been a pioneer for gender equality in the legal profession. Get more info on her impact on the advancement of women (registration required) and her possible successors.
Justice O’Connor’s nomination marked a beginning to the acceptance of women into the legal world. At the time of her appointment to the bench Justice O’Connor was one of only 5 women to graduate from Stanford Law School and had been turned away from every law firm to which she had applied, being offered secretarial work instead. Can you imagine?
When President Reagan nominated Justice O’Connor in 1981 women made up a measly 6% of federal judges; today that number has jumped dramatically to 24%. But women still have a great distance to climb to achieve equality in the legal work force. To this day men still occupy 3/4 of the federal judiciary, only 16% of law firm partners are women and men dominate the legal professorship. In order for women to continue along the path toward gender equality attention must be paid to their advancement.
With only one woman (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg) amongst the eight left on the Supreme Court, how important do you think it will be for Bush’s appointment to be female?
Posted by Regina Schwartz
Justice O’Connor’s nomination marked a beginning to the acceptance of women into the legal world. At the time of her appointment to the bench Justice O’Connor was one of only 5 women to graduate from Stanford Law School and had been turned away from every law firm to which she had applied, being offered secretarial work instead. Can you imagine?
When President Reagan nominated Justice O’Connor in 1981 women made up a measly 6% of federal judges; today that number has jumped dramatically to 24%. But women still have a great distance to climb to achieve equality in the legal work force. To this day men still occupy 3/4 of the federal judiciary, only 16% of law firm partners are women and men dominate the legal professorship. In order for women to continue along the path toward gender equality attention must be paid to their advancement.
With only one woman (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg) amongst the eight left on the Supreme Court, how important do you think it will be for Bush’s appointment to be female?
Posted by Regina Schwartz
posted by Anonymous at 2:18 PM
6 Comments:
I agree. By all means, let the appointment be female, to keep the balance on the court. In fact, let's promote the balance even further by making the nominee a minority.
Let's nominate Janice Rogers Brown to the bench. She's not only a woman, but she's also a minority. Excellent credentials and no personal/ethical issues, either.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110006914
Of course, the left will still filibuster, because to the left, anyone who isn't left themselves is "extreme." (When Erik responds to this post, you all will understand what I'm saying.)
We should nominate the most qualified judge irrespective of color or gender.
George Bush:
THE PRESIDENT: We are fighting these terrorists with our military in Afghanistan and Iraq and beyond so we do not have to face them in the streets of our own cities.
Well, that didn't work out quite as planned, did it?
Oh yes, of course the london bombings are all G.W.'s fault, right Erik? I think it's clear that you are the partisan extremist here.
Erik, I believe that attack was in the streets of London, not the US. Do you need me to post a map for you?
Anyway, keep cheering for the bad guys. That's what libs are left with. Can't win on ideas, so you have to hope the terrorist make Bush look bad. What a hopeless state you guys are in.
We have to know that society twist the image of woman in variable field aiming at shortening their effort eiher at work or house.In other word there is a bias between men and women.we have to stand for the right of woman to rise our level of life.
Armand Rousso
http://education.armandrousso.biz/
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