Congressional correction of the Court's elevation of the FAA over the rights of employees and consumers to Act in concert is urgently in order.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Public Record
I can't imagine what this place would be--I can't imagine what our country would be--with Donald Trump as president.
How treacherously we have strayed from the principle that arbitration is a matter of consent, not coercion.
Roe, I believe, would have been more acceptable as a judicial decision if it had not gone beyond a ruling on the extreme statute before the court.
The exception sought by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga would deny legions of women who do not hold their employees' beliefs access to contraceptive coverage.
A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecast, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process.
As Justice Kennedy said, 1100 statutes, and it affects every area of life. And so you would be -- really diminishing what the state has said is marriage. You are saying, no, state said two kinds of marriages. The full marriage and then…
If one more person like Justice Ginsburg or Justice Stevens were on the Court, one more person who understands what it is like for ordinary people living in the real world, then my case would have turned out differently.
Justice Ginsburg hit the nail on the head when she said that the majority's decision did not make sense in the real world.
The legislature can make the change, can facilitate the change, as laws like the Family Medical Leave Act do but it is not something a court can decree.
I think the presence of women on the bench made it possible for the courts to appreciate earlier than they might otherwise that sexual harassment belongs under Title 7.





