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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:39 PM
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40. Yes, one can't count on these things
O'Connor certainly turned out much better than e.g. Scalia; but at least two male judges appointed by Republicans - Stevens and Souter - are more liberal than she is. I don't think gender is a very reliable criterion.
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  -Women on the supreme court. kaffiria  Mar-22-07 10:02 AM   #0 
  - Becareful what you wish for.  William769   Mar-22-07 10:07 AM   #1 
  - He's no woman  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 10:09 AM   #2 
     - Ok, if you say so.  William769   Mar-22-07 10:11 AM   #3 
  - the people bush nominates  lwfern   Mar-22-07 10:15 AM   #4 
  - Two words:  kiahzero   Mar-22-07 10:16 AM   #5 
  - well  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 12:51 PM   #29 
  - A funny thing happens to us when we turn 50  Warpy   Mar-22-07 10:20 AM   #6 
  - well  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 10:26 AM   #7 
  - yep  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 10:27 AM   #9 
  - Ok  BoneDaddy   Mar-22-07 10:26 AM   #8 
  - .  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 10:34 AM   #10 
     - I guess my point  BoneDaddy   Mar-22-07 10:40 AM   #11 
        - well  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 10:49 AM   #12 
           - Wow  BoneDaddy   Mar-22-07 11:06 AM   #13 
           - Emotions and political issues aren't always pragmatic and logical.  blondeatlast   Mar-22-07 11:14 AM   #15 
           - .  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 11:25 AM   #16 
              - You have got to be kiddining. Bush has a litmus test.  blondeatlast   Mar-22-07 11:29 AM   #17 
              - Thank you  BoneDaddy   Mar-22-07 11:31 AM   #19 
              - Why is it all about gender with you  BoneDaddy   Mar-22-07 11:30 AM   #18 
              - well  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 12:37 PM   #26 
                 - How do you get along with  BoneDaddy   Mar-22-07 12:52 PM   #31 
                    - very well  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 01:29 PM   #36 
                       - I certainly understand  BoneDaddy   Mar-22-07 01:44 PM   #42 
                          - well  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 02:07 PM   #43 
                             - That is good to hear  BoneDaddy   Mar-22-07 07:38 PM   #44 
              - "There weren't enough good female lawyers"??? How terribly sexist of you!  blondeatlast   Mar-22-07 11:35 AM   #20 
                 - male and pro-fem here  BoneDaddy   Mar-22-07 11:37 AM   #21 
                 - plenty?  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 12:33 PM   #24 
                    - Yes, indeed I do. I knew 2 emininently qualified women lawyers as a child, both in my family.  blondeatlast   Mar-22-07 12:37 PM   #25 
                       - Many?  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 12:42 PM   #27 
                          - On your last point, I absolutely agree.  blondeatlast   Mar-22-07 12:50 PM   #28 
           - To think that gender would matter that much in the real wold is wishful thinking  Solo_in_MD   Mar-22-07 11:45 AM   #22 
              - no way  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 12:30 PM   #23 
                 - 10,000 years?  blondeatlast   Mar-22-07 12:51 PM   #30 
                    - ok  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 01:14 PM   #33 
                       - If large groups of men holding dominion over women were that dangerous, you and I  blondeatlast   Mar-22-07 01:24 PM   #35 
                          - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-22-07 01:31 PM   #37 
                             - And with that, I must vehemently disagree. Broad brush much?  blondeatlast   Mar-22-07 01:39 PM   #39 
                                - So  kaffiria   Mar-22-07 01:42 PM   #41 
  - Agreed. nt  Marie26   Mar-22-07 11:11 AM   #14 
  - If Only!  Madspirit   Mar-22-07 01:08 PM   #32 
  - Yes, one can't count on these things  LeftishBrit   Mar-22-07 01:39 PM   #40 
  - I was born in Britain in 1983. Giving women high office is no panacea.  Donald Ian Rankin   Mar-22-07 01:17 PM   #34 
     - I voted for the first time in Britain in 1983!  LeftishBrit   Mar-22-07 01:36 PM   #38 
 

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