The Supreme Court Nominee Who Would Abolish Mother s Day
When Ruth Bader Ginsburg submitted her questionnaire response (available at pp. 57 113 of her confirmation-hearing transcript), I pored through it to see what work lay ahead for me. Senator Hatch had already staunchly committed to support Ginsburg s nomination. Immediately after Clinton announced her nomination, Hatch declared: We ll support her. She s a brilliant woman with impeccable credentials. Nonetheless, I thought it important to find both what was commendable and what was objectionable in her record. That meant that I would read through everything, including thirteen years of judicial opinions and dozens of law-review articles.
Ed Whelan reveals some surprising opinions from RBG.