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  • Justice Girls


    A nice point, Emily, about the dangers of looking at Sandra Day O’Connor through pink-colored glasses. You’re right to say that there are heaps of women judges who don’t employ O’Connor’s Miz Fixit hospital-corners jurisprudential style. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Read More...
  • Judging as a Woman


    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 Read More...
  • O'Connor Is Much Among Us


    Another thought: If O'Connor's pragmatic, this-case-only approach to judging is particularly female, then maybe that helps explain why male commentators tended to excoriate her for it. I don't think this explains all the frustration with her jurisprudence Read More...
  • Whither O'Connor?


    I miss Sandra Day O’Connor. I always forget how much I miss her until I see her talk , as I did yesterday, at a conference at the Law Library of Congress on the need for competent counsel. The conference was co-sponsored by the Constitution Project. The Read More...

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