The Women Take Over

[MgtPA]

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It felt as if, for the first time in history, the gender playing field at the high court was finally leveled, and as a consequence the court’s female justices were emboldened to just ignore the rules. Time limits were flouted to such a degree that Chief Justice John Roberts pretty much gave up enforcing them. I counted two instances in which Roberts tried to get advocates to wrap up as Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor simply blew past him with more questions. There was something wonderful and symbolic about Roberts losing almost complete control over the court’s indignant women, who are just not inclined to play nice anymore.


http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/supreme_court_dispatches/2016/03/in_oral_arguments_for_the_texas_abortion_case_the_three_female_justices.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top

[katmondoo]

1. Hallelujah !!!!!!!!!

[bettyellen]

2. Love it- thanks for this post!

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. Those Uppity Women! Gotta love them!.....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. It's only fair--the male Justices probably do it too.

The women took over, and it's about fucking time!