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...toward this particular President, have been the most philosophically committed to a strong presidency. More liberal members, who are more open to the general idea of allowing a President to be sued, may have more sympathy for this President, who elevated two of them to the bench. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg may be in the toughest position of all. As a former women's-rights litigator and a Supreme Court moderate, she is certainly a potential Jones vote. But with the Washington rumor mill saying Clinton will appoint her Chief Justice if Rehnquist retires, it could be a hard time...
...RUTH BADER GINSBURG Gender-rights pioneer gets the chance to aim from bench: she orders V.M.I. to admit women...
...future punitive damages caps. The Court only made clear that the awards in this case were excessive and "transcended the constitutional limit". Among the dissenting judges, Antonin Scalia wrote for himself and Clarence Thomas that the ruling is "an unjustified incursion into the province of state governments." Ruth Bader Ginsburg supported that view in a seperate dissent: "The court, I am convinced, unnecessarily and unwisely ventures into territory within the states' domain, and does so in the face of reform measures recently adopted or currently under consideration in legislative arenas." Congress and the Supreme Court have been grappling with limiting...
...coalition of civil rights liberals and property-rights conservatives, Bennis has pressed a lawsuit to recover her half of the $600 value of the car. Last week the Supreme Court surprised the legal community by ruling against her. Court watchers were most surprised by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had appeared sympathetic to Bennis during oral arguments...
...certain law school that refused to admit women, claiming they would run in tears from the lecture hall, unable to cope with the harsh Socratic method, the legal version of hazing. Five of the Justices recognized the school as their alma mater, Harvard Law School. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the first women to get there, seemed to hold back a smile. VMI and the Citadel might want to start building those women's bathrooms...