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...decision marks a triumphant fulfillment of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's promise in August that she and O'Connor would help their male colleagues "look at life a bit differently." (Ginsburg wrote a brief concurrence, her first writing on the high bench.) Says law professor Susan Deller Ross, head of Georgetown University's Sex Discrimination Clinic: "This illustrates the merits of diversity. Men have not typically undergone a barrage of verbal abuse about their sexuality as a condition of having a job. I think they have a very difficult time understanding the impact of that." The seven...
Washington -- When the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gathered for Ruth Bader Ginsburg's investiture, they assumed, not unreasonably, that PRESIDENT CLINTON would be late and they would have time for a photographer to take the traditional informal picture of the reconstituted group. But Clinton showed up early, making it impossible, as a matter of courtesy, to shoot a photo without him. Separation-of-power purists will have to wait for the formal court portrait, to be taken later...
ABORTION (NOW v. Scheidler) The Question: May abortion clinics use federal racketeering laws to stop harassment and blockades by pro-life activists? Prediction: The court, and Ginsburg, will...
SEXUAL HARASSMENT (Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.) The Question: Must a complainant prove that vulgar and sexually suggestive conduct by a boss is "psychologically damaging" or merely "offensive to a reasonable person" ? Prediction: The court, and Ginsburg, will opt for the latter, more liberal, standard. Watch: Clarence Thomas' vote...
GENDER DISCRIMINATION (J.E.B. v. T.B.) The Question: Should state attorneys be permitted to use peremptory challenges to eliminate either all the men or all the women from a jury? Prediction: The court, and Ginsburg, will...