Friday, May 29, 2009

Sexist Lawyers?

This excerpt from a NYT article struck me so forcefully that I simply must pass it on to you,

Judge Guido Calabresi, a former dean of Yale Law School who taught Ms. Sotomayor there and now sits with her on the Second Circuit, said complaints that she had been unduly caustic had no basis. For a time, Judge Calabresi said, he kept track of the questions posed by Judge Sotomayor and other members of the 12-member court. “Her behavior was identical,” he said.

“Some lawyers just don’t like to be questioned by a woman,” Judge Calabresi added. “It was sexist, plain and simple.”

It comes from Glenn Greenwald today. Always worthwhile himself.

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