Ginsberg to Egyptians: I wouldn't use U.S. Constitution as a model

Ginsburg to Egyptians: I wouldn't use U.S. Constitution as a model

 

This is just outrageous.   Other than her being female, what exactly was Ruth Bader Ginsberg's qualifications to sit as one of our premiere judges?  I cannot recall any Opinion written by Ginsberg that was of any significance or even that I agreed with.  She is one of those judges that in my professional opinion, writes to hear herself talk....

 

By the way, this is almost two months old.  I don't know how I missed this, and I am just downright flabberghasted that Tom For News did not post this story, being that he is so "Up To Date"  in news gathering, especially important stories that affect us all!

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/06/ginsburg-to-egyptians-wouldnt-use-us-constitution-as-model/#ixzz1qXvaXoVn

Published February 06, 2012

| FoxNews.com

As Egyptian officials prepare to send to trial 19 American democracy and rights workers, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited Cairo last week where she suggested Egyptian revolutionaries not use the U.S. Constitution as a model in the post-Arab Spring.

"I would not look to the U.S. Constitution, if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012," Ginsburg said in an interview on Al Hayat television last Wednesday. "I might look at the constitution of South Africa. That was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights, have an independent judiciary. It really is, I think, a great piece of work that was done."

As Egypt prepares to write a new constitution, Ginsburg, who was traveling during the court's break to speak with legislators and judges in Egypt as well as Tunisia, spoke to students at Cairo University, encouraging them to enjoy the opportunity to participate in the "exceptional transitional period to a real democratic state."

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