RBG
Ginsburg missing Supreme Court arguments for 1st time Eccl 10:2, Jn 10:10
Related:
[Q 2653]
Why was she 'selected'?
Who appointed her?
Remember [her] history.
Ref: 230-page book called Sex Bias in the U.S. Code, published in 1977 by
the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Highlights:
>Called for the sex-integration of prisons and reformatories so that
conditions of imprisonment, security and housing could be equal. She explained,
“If the grand design of such institutions is to prepare inmates for return to
the community as persons equipped to benefit from and contribute to civil
society, then perpetuation of single-sex institutions should be rejected.” (Page
101)
>Called for the sex-integration of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts because they
“perpetuate stereotyped sex roles.” (Page 145)
>Insisted on sex-integrating “college fraternity and sorority chapters”
and replacing them with “college social societies.” (Page 169)
>Cast constitutional doubt on the legality of “Mother’s Day and Father’s
Day as separate holidays.” (Page 146)
>Called for reducing the age of consent for sexual acts to people who are
“less than 12 years old.” (Page 102)
>Asserted that laws against “bigamists, persons cohabiting with more than
one woman, and women cohabiting with a bigamist” are unconstitutional. (Page
195)
>Objected to laws against prostitution because “prostitution, as a
consensual act between adults, is arguably within the zone of privacy protected
by recent constitutional decisions.” (Page 97)
>Ginsburg wrote that the Mann Act (which punishes those who engage in
interstate sex traffic of women and girls) is “offensive.” Such acts should be
considered “within the zone of privacy.” (Page 98)
>Demanded that we “firmly reject draft or combat exemption for women,”
stating “women must be subject to the draft if men are.” But, she added, “the
need for affirmative action and for transition measures is particularly strong
in the uniformed services.” (Page 218)
>An indefatigable censor, Ginsburg listed hundreds of “sexist” words that
must be eliminated from all statutes. Among words she found offensive were: man,
woman, manmade, mankind, husband, wife, mother, father, sister, brother, son,
daughter, serviceman, longshoreman, postmaster, watchman, seamanship, and “to
man” (a vessel). (Pages 15-16)
>Wanted he, she, him, her, his, and hers to be dropped down the memory
hole. They must be replaced by he/she, her/him, and hers/his, and federal
statutes must use the bad grammar of “plural constructions to avoid third person
singular pronouns.” (Page 52-53)
>Condemned the Supreme Court’s ruling in Harris v. McRae and claimed that
taxpayer-funded abortions should be a constitutional right.
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