Ruth Bader Ginsburg praises Brett Kavanaugh for 'making history' by hiring an all-female law clerk crew, marking the first time ever women make up a majority of Supreme Court clerks
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is applauding Judge Brett Kavanaugh for hiring all female clerks, marking the first time there are more women serving as clerks for the Supreme Court in history.
The notorious RBG, 86, praised the latest addition to the Supreme Court on Friday in prepared remarks at the Second Circuit Judicial Conference.
She said that while Kavanaugh, 54, has contributed to the great strides of inclusivity in the courtroom, there's still more work to be done.
'Justice Kavanaugh made history by bringing on board an all-female law clerk crew. Thanks to his selections, the Court has this Term, for the first time ever, more women than men serving as law clerks,' she said according to her speech released by the court.
Kavanaugh was sworn into the Supreme Court in October 2018 following controversial and high-profile investigation into claims that he sexually assaulted a string of women in his high school and college years.
In one of his public hearings California professor Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about allegations that he held her down and groped her at a party in the 1980s, which Kavanaugh denied.
In his Supreme Court nomination process, Kavanaugh vowed to appoint four female law clerks
After the scandal, he vowed in the nomination process to appoint four female law clerks - a promise he's followed through. It marks the first time that women account for a majority of the Supreme Court clerks.
Only one of those four women appointed by Kavanaugh had previously clerked for him according to the New York Times .
The other three previously clerked for lower-court judges appointed by Republican presidents.
In the speech she also remarked on the case Department of Commerce v. New York which seeks to ask a citizenship question on the 2020 census questionnaire.
She also touched on Just Anthony Kennedy's retirement saying that it could have 'greatest consequence for the current term, and perhaps for many terms ahead.'
By MARLENE LENTHANG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 14:56 EDT, 9 June 2019 | UPDATED: 16:21 EDT, 9 June 2019
Another wise choice made by this President
Trump didn't hire the law clerks, and odds are that Kavanaugh did so to try and gain some modicum of respect from others.
LMAO!
Nope. You are wrong. He's done the same thing in the past.
No, he has done that throughout his career. He's actually known for it, but the media and Democrats in the Senate were so busy trying to tell America that this guy hates women, I'm not surprised you didn't get to learn it.
You do understand that hiring a complete female staff does not even address the fact of his low opinion of women, in fact it may reinforce it. For example, he could just be showing them their place...under him.
That seems unlikely. Being a clerk is serious work. Who hires anyone to do an important job if they have a low opinion of that person?
his low opinion? and where did you pull that from? His record would seem to indicate otherwise, unless you firmly believe all that came out in his confirmation hearing that was stated without any proof or corroborating witness..
Please link any facts you may have regarding what you say is Kavanaugh's opinions on women.
Or were you just grasping at straws?
I'm sure Brett loves having all these females serve 'under' him.
So you detract from what he did. Interesting
Surprised?
Not really
That didn't take long. Leftist liberal hero Ginsburg praises Kavanaugh; and the left instantly tries to turn it into something bad.
Probably just as much as Ruth loves having men served under her!
According to conservatives he's further degrading traditional family values. Should these young women not be at home raising families?
Not according to the Conservative Kavanaugh
Do you like beer?
I didn't know beer was a vice only for one party and not the other.
I'm a Rum & Coke man, myself
He must not be a "real conservative" then.
Are you trying to define Conservatism?
Not me. I got kicked out of the tent a long time ago for not be a bigot.
That comment is blatantly false.
Nope. Apparently I'm not conservative enough to be a modern Republican. I stood up for the Tea Party when they first started (even though I didn't always agree with them), but then they got taken over by the alt+right and now you never hear from people like Grover Norquist. He got kicked to the curb because his wife isn't white. Now the conservatives are stuck with people like Yiannopoulos, Crowder, and Spenser.
Swell strawman...
hmmm... Are you telling me that the far right evangelical sjw wing is full of shit?
No we are telling you the left still sucks
If, as you allege, Justice Kavanaugh wants to keep women barefoot, pregnant, and subservient, he wouldn't have allowed his wife to continue to have a career that began in 1996 after they married in 2004. Mrs. Kavanaugh currently still holds a professional position. Look it up.
Did you even read my comment?
On the one hand, I applaud him for trying to do what he does. Seeking to hire women is great, but my instinct is that it's not helpful to have a policy of excluding male clerks outright, as seems to be the case here. This can have the effect of making it appear that a more qualified male would never have gotten the job and the women only get the position because they are women. I'm not sure professional women want that reputation.
I'd be happy to be wrong, though. Maybe it will be a small thing ultimately and be overridden by the prestige of clerking for a Supreme Court justice. To the extent that it encourages women to apply to the Court, and opens up opportunities, maybe it's a good thing.
It seems a little early to tell. But I would agree, if he continues to only hire women, it's a dumb move on his part.