Friday, October 19, 2007 9:36 AM
Lily at Owens Rhetoric recently attended a reception sponsored by the North Carolina Bar Association, Capacity Crowds Await Justice Ginsburg, featuring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and wrote up some of the highlights from the evening in the post “Bush v. Gore Was In A Class Of One” – An Evening with Justice Ginsburg.
During the course of a conversation moderated by Professor Suzanne Reynolds from Wake Forest Law School -- which included time for Q&A with the audience -- the Justice spoke with remarkable frankness about her life at the Court.
Some of the highlighted topics from the post:
-- On the shrinking docket of the Supreme Court (i.e. the Court is consenting to hear fewer and fewer cases each year)
-- On the Supreme Court’s cert pool (i.e. why they choose to hear the cases they do)
-- On Bush v. Gore and the politicizing of the Court: Bush v. Gore was completely unique – in a class of one, as she put it.
-- On Hillary Clinton being the first woman to mount a serious campaign for President: "Brava!"
-- On Justice Scalia: He is one of her closest friends on the Court.
--When asked what is the single biggest threat to the Rule of Law in our country, Justice Ginsburg replied immediately that it is fear
The post expands on most of the above points, so you can click here “Bush v. Gore Was In A Class Of One” – An Evening with Justice Ginsburg to read everything in context.