A Woman Stepping Down Requires Women Standing Up
The fifty-percent of the American population that is women is going to have to stand up and be counted in the run-up to two Supreme Court nominations. One for sure, as the first woman ever to sit on that court, Sandra Day O’Connor, prepares to retire.
There’ll be no sitting this one out to see what the men, in their ultimate wisdom, see fit to require of women. There are a whole bunch of so-called liberal issues that the religious right hopes to turn the clock back upon through a change in the balance of the court, but women’s right to choose is the one that has them salivating. It took you women all of human history to gain that right and now we’ll see if you’re going to allow the “fear of God” to be put back into your lives.
Our Supreme Court operates most favorably when no one likes it. When liberals and conservatives find equal cause to complain about its decisions, that’s when it’s hitting on all eight cylinders. My personal opinion is that it’s pretty much at that point right …