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    Judging as a Woman

    Posted Thursday, November 08, 2007 4:35 PM | By Emily Yoffe
    Dahlia, Emily—Do you really believe there is a female style of judging—pragmatic and non-ideological—and that O'Connor embodies it? Doesn't Ginsburg operate from a clear set of principals—do you constantly wonder where she'll come down before an opinion is released? Hasn't the Bush administration put forward female judicial nominees who have clear ideologies and records that reflect them? As with many people, their strength, in O'Connor's case her practicality and ad-hoc approach, is also their weakness. She ended up not standing for a clear set of principals, so has a weak legacy. Isn't that style simply intrinsic to O'Connor and not sex-linked?
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