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...might have aspired to play such a role, now plays candid friend on the outside. This requires some gymnastic stretches-insisting that he still deplores Reagan's campaign promise to give a woman a Supreme Court seat while approving Reagan's appointment of Sandra O'Connor...
...only hope that Sandra O'Connor does not see this movie before her confirmation hearings. If she does, she may decide to withdraw her name from consideration as the first female appointee to the Supreme Court. One could scarcely blame her, so dismal does this fantasy-based on a hit play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee-make life on the big bench seem. Jill Clayburgh plays the perky, conservative new lady in chambers; Walter Matthau is the bearish liberal Justice with whom she has a tastefully tentative comedy-romance that turns out to be neither very comic...
Whether Sandra O'Connor is, or is not, an advocate of the ERA is a moot point. Her nomination to the Supreme Court verifies that the ERA is unnecessary...
Only in the future can we know if Sandra O'Connor becomes an outstanding or mediocre Justice. But certainly others who prefer a different candidate should be able to express their preference without being savaged and ridiculed in the media or by a U.S. Senator...
...feminist, I am pleased that Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra O'Connor for the Supreme Court. As a pessimist, I fear that he will continue to ignore other women's issues. He will reason that he has now "done something" and doesn't have to do anything more...