Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 5 Male Justices Have A 'Blind Spot' On Women's Issues
Posted on AllSides July 31st, 2014
From The Left
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday in an interview on Yahoo News that five men on the court have a "blind spot" when it comes to discrimination against women.
The five conservative justices last month ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., that closely held for-profit corporations can refuse for religious reasons to cover contraception in their health insurance plans. Ginsburg, the two other women on the court and Justice Stephen Breyer dissented with the majority opinion, arguing that allowing some employers to choose what kinds...