MORE Ruth Bader Ginsberg: SCOTUS Is Way Out Of Line on Abortion- "A New Form Of Big Brother"

[kpete]

JR: And for dissents, your Gonzalez v. Carhart dissent is quite memorable.

RBG: That was in a partial-birth abortion case. And there what concerned me about the Court’s attitude, they were looking at the woman as not really an adult individual. The opinion said that the woman would live to regret her choice. That was not anything this Court should have thought or said. Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives’ course no less than men are. So, yes, I thought in Carhart the Court was way out of line. It was a new form of “Big Brother must protect the woman against her own weakness and immature misjudgment.”

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/ruth-bader-ginsburg-swipes-anthony-kennedy-abortion

[merrily]

1. By definition, her dissent was not going to affect the outcome of the case.

And, I have little doubt it explained why she was dissenting.

When was the last time a court denied a male a right to Viagra or a vasectomy--or anything--on the ground that he might change his mind later

And, btw, she took a position on individual rights to reproductive choice.


Ginsburg sticks in their craw because she is traditional Democrat all the way.

Fuck 'em.

Twice.

[Ampersand Unicode]

2. Is it unconstitutional for a SCOTUS judge to become POTUS?

Because I'd vote for RBG even if it was.

http://notoriousrbg.tumblr.com/