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Ginsburg hitting full
stride in new position
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Judging by
her energetic questioning from
the bench. Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is quickly
hitting full stride in her new job.
Intensive questioning last week
by Ginsburg in a sexual-harass
ment case caused one lawyer to
abandon his contention that the
woman who had filed suit must
prove the conduct harmed her
performance at work.
"She basically pushed him to
concede the case," said George
town University law professor Su
san Deller Ross.
During her first two weeks of
high court arguments, Ginsburg
has asked lawyers frequent and
probing questions on other issues
such as drug forfeitures and civil
rights law.
She also has brought the per
spective of a former women's
rights advocate to the conserva
tive court, said some observers
who noted that Ginsburg at one
point described the "old days" of
sexist law professors.
"She has hit the ground run
ning," said Stuart M. Gerson, for
mer acting attorney general in the
Bush administration. "She has
shown a great deal of energy and
; preparedness. Being on the court
I is awe-inspiring, but she is not
awe-struck."
New justices often hold back
! when just arriving on the bench.
Justice David H. Souter waited
I three weeks to ask his first question
1 in 1990. Now a frequent and inci-
! sive questioner, Souter admits find-
| ing the job overwhelming at first.
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The program has another goal
in addition to instilling a love for
the learning process: It tries to
make children more comfortable
: with themselves and the differ-
| ences in races and cultures.
Mabel Sequiera, a doctoral
student in the Department of Ed-
, ucation and coordinator of the
| program, said the program helps
tyoung children get used to the
differences they will see in other
I cultures.
The children learn about cul
tures through normal curiosity
and questioning, Sequiera said.
She told a story about asking the
group what was different about
her compared to many of the
children.
Sequiera, who is from India,
said the children pointed out her
accent, and then began to ques
tion her about India: What food
do people there eat? How do
Ginsburg's performance is be
ing likened to the equally fast
start in 1986 by Justice Antonin
Scalia, her former federal appeals
court colleague.
"It's not just that she's asking
lots of questions. It's that she's
asking outstanding questions that
get to the heart of the matter,"
said Georgetown University law
professor Susan Low Bloch.
In the sex-harassment case, the
lawyer representing the woman,
who filed the lawsuit against a
Tennessee company, didn't es
cape close questioning either.
Ginsburg suggested he was mak
ing the case more complicated
than it should be.
If a woman is told "you think
like a woman" and a male co
worker is not subjected to similar
comments, "doesn't that make
their job more difficult?" Gins
burg asked.
"Do you need anything further
than that? The terms and condi
tions (of a job) aren't equal if one
is called names and the other
isn't," she said.
Ginsburg suggested an equally
straightforward view during ar
guments on a civil rights case,
pointing out that whatever penal
ties are required, the law has been
clear since 1964: "Thou shalt not
discriminate."
In another argument, she said a
drug-forfeiture law's basic mes
sage also is clear: "That's part of
the penalty; you forfeit the home
where the drugs were kept."
Ginsburg's vigorous perfor
mance comes as no surprise to
lawyers who argued before her on
the federal appeals court.
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However, the families are not
the only ones getting something
out of this program.
"Even for me, it's different,"
she said, referring to the differ
ent cultures represented by the
children in the program, "even
though I'm from a different cul
ture altogether."
"This should be a real growth
experience for me," said Shelley
Bolen, one of the tutors.
Bolen said students are not
the only ones who benefit from
the program.
"The program not only gives
experience in teaching but also
exposes the tutors to cultural
and economic differences in our
students," she said.
"The great thing about this
program is that it accomplishes
many things at once. The par
ents are studying, the tutors are
learning, and the children are
not only being stimulated, but
are also in a safe, supervised sit
uation."
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