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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 06:23 PM Feb 2015

Ginsburg: This 'Congress Is Not Equipped Really To Do Anything', current Congress dysfunctional

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday lamented that the current Congress is dysfunctional.

During an interview with MSNBC set to air Monday night, Ginsburg discussed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which Congress passed in 2009 after the Supreme Court ruled that individuals could not sue their employers for discrimination over a decision made 180 days beforehand.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ruth-bader-ginsburg-abortion-race-and-the-broken-congress


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"The current Congress is not equipped really to do anything," she said. "The kind of result that we got in the Ledbetter case is not easily achieved today. Someday, we will go back to having the kind of legislature that we should, where members, whatever party they belong to, want to make the thing work and cooperate with each other to see that that will happen."

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"We will never see a day when women of means are not able to get a safe abortion in this country," Ginsburg said.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ginsburg-congress-not-equipped-anything


The entire interview will be on MSNBC later
Saw parts of the interview. She is one special Lady

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Ginsburg: This 'Congress Is Not Equipped Really To Do Anything', current Congress dysfunctional (Original Post) cal04 Feb 2015 OP
She carries the weight of Roberts, Scalia, Alito and Thomas on her shoulders. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #1

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
1. She carries the weight of Roberts, Scalia, Alito and Thomas on her shoulders.
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 06:34 PM
Feb 2015

She may have nodded off for the SOTU but Congress has been sleeping for several years.

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