You might remember Robert Bork from his weird beard and failed attempt to become a Supreme Court justice, but he’s back in 2011 as the co-chair of Mitt Romney’s “Justice Advisory Committee,” whatever that means.
Still as wacky and controversial as ever, if you enjoy curbs on non-political free speech and think women probably should stop complaining about discrimination already, you’ll love Bork’s influence on the Republican frontrunner:
How about the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment? Does he still think it shouldn’t apply to women?
“Yeah,” he answers. “I think I feel justified by the fact ever since then, the Equal Protection Clause kept expanding in ways that cannot be justified historically, grammatically, or any other way. Women are a majority of the population now—a majority in university classrooms and a majority in all kinds of contexts. It seems to me silly to say, ‘Gee, they’re discriminated against and we need to do something about it.’ They aren’t discriminated against anymore.”
This article appears in Oct 13-19, 2011.
To the contrary. Women are still subject to discrimination. We rarely have the earning power as male counterparts, even if we’re in the same job. This morning I was googling a RE Investment company. Of the 25 top executives, only 2 were women and those women were in the “investor relations” field. As I’m sitting here typing this comment, I’m surrounded by Venom and TD’s ad’s. Disrespectful to professional and educated women everywhere.