All posts tagged "Stephen Breyer"

One of the most conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court and one of the most liberal ones sparred Friday over capital punishment, the direct election of senators and various other constitutional questions during a rare public debate that highlighted their philosophical differences.

[rebelmouse-image 24748667 original_size="223x276" expand=1]One of the major problems with lack of female representation in Congress and the courts is that even when men are generally liberal and try to get it, the boys club mentality seems to set in and infect their ability to act like compassionate adults who grasp that women are full human beings instead of slightly comical pieces of meat. (Of course there's always exceptions---shout out to Henry Waxman!) Ruth Bader Ginsburg must have retired to her office today and spouted off like a cliched cop in a B movie, "I'm too old for this shit," which is lately a common problem for her as the sole voice on the court to consistently and loudly attempt to remind her fellows that women are people.