The misogynistic left that dismisses women (which is not all of the left) is obsessed with proving those who counter them are linked to other groups. Especially religious ones.
Now, the misogynistic left is itself linked to all kinds of groups that support policies harmful to women. But in their view, women are not allowed the same right to coalitions.
Just think about the misogyny in that. But guess what? Women have the right to form coalitions as other groups do for their own protection.
The misogynistic left wants women to avoid coalitions so they (the ML) can have a tactical benefit, beyond the huge one they have of being or being supported by the male-bodied who have always had rights, have always been represented in Corporations & among those with money.
(Note all the corporations signing onto the proposals of the misogynistic left.)
But for the record, I have ridden alone on the two briefs I filed.
What I cited in the briefs, I got off of public sources, including Twitter,as one would get news from any source. Did not contact anyone for information or statements to put in it.
Paid for the briefs myself, my own savings. (Supreme Ct briefs must be printed-by a printer.) No reimbursement now or later. Typed the original text myself at home on my own laptop, (including a few typos that irk me but I’ll live). Did all the research myself.
I am not backed by large private law firms anxious to get the clients that well-heeled, male-bodied misogynists will give them if they sign onto nonsense that hurts women and girls.
I don’t have behind me hundreds (even thousands) of lawyers and word processors like the @ACLU, @HRC, @GLAAD, @LAMBDA@NAACP_LDF, @ABAesq or even an @USEEOC or @USDOJ & other agencies that sold women down the river from 2011-2017.
I don’t try to suppress anybody else’s speech to get mine across the way some groups try, or try to suppress women and minorities who disagree, or anyone who disagrees, including me, by denying such persons any platform;
I don’t engage in a massive conspiracy of refusals to deal with those who disagree with me;
I didn’t manipulate any students into helping on a brief by pretending they were on a great mission that did not harm women or girls or that my theory had no holes; I didn’t lie or misrepresent facts in texts and then ask students or courts to adopt those alleged “facts.”
I didn’t exchange my integrity for a “Center” on a campus, a fellowship, or other benefit;
I did not misrepresent facts to federal courts as some professors, advocates and lawyers, backed by elite law firms anxious for client or “wokeness” rewards have done;
I did not support hiding issues from the public and killing intelligent and honest people’s careers in order to convince others my arguments were right;
I did not go along with plans I knew jeopardized women and girls because I needed the money for reelection and was afraid of the lobby as many Congresspersons have done;
I was not one of the press afraid to speak truth against the wishes of advocacy groups with big media arms; I did not sign on to misrepresenting issues to the public or to manipulating the public rather reporting news, in exchange for getting a show or keeping ratings high;
But I am an expert on these issues-and I am Professor Emerita, and a lawyer and a member of the bar of the Supreme Court. Having researched the relevant questions for some time,
I know something about where the bodies are buried.
And I filed my briefs to say what others would not say because they had made a “deal” or could not say because their voices had been silenced by a corrupt conspiracy.
I would like to have had 2 more days on them-but as it was, there was no more time. I am proud to have presented them, representing only me, myself and I. I hope, though, that I said some of what other people would have said if they could speak.
And there is more to say.
But for now you know the origins of these briefs. So yes, I said that.
By the way, I think making money is a good thing.
Women should strive to do more of it. It is the silencing,
dissembling, and misrepresentation in the process that I have problems with.
And the manipulation of the public and students’ trust.
Typo correction for deleted tweet: So that you know, it is common for those who file amicus briefs to coordinate with the side they support. This happened in this case, on both sides. It has happend in related cases. I did not participate in coordination, nor
was I asked to.
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On the US side, I suggest you pay close attention to the battle over the filibuster. The Senate is split 50/50. In the event of a tie vote Kamala Harris, as VP, casts the deciding vote—but otherwise she has no vote.
The Senate is split 50/50. Only Senators can vote to decide the Senate rules. So the Dems and Republicans have to do a power-sharing agreement. It’s not done yet. In a sense, power is still split.
More on Hecox v Little, the case on whether barring the make bodied from female sports violates equal protection. See also my earlier tweets.
Some groups have adopted, in recent years, a naughty practice of omitting briefs they don’t want you to see while presenting as objective. This includes liberal/progressive groups.
Some groups also break links to briefs once posted so you cannot find them once they are linked. Just a heads up for the future.
An update on the battle over whether male bodied persons should be allowed to compete in women’s and girls’ sports.
Some time ago, Idaho passed a law limiting amateur school sports designated for females to biological females. The law has been challenged in Hecox v Little. Transfemale athletes are represented by the ACLU. Female athletes have also intervened asserting sex-based rights.
The district court granted an injunction to pause the law as a likely violation of Equal Protection under the US Constitution. Hecox is before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. 9th Cir. Nos. 20-35813, 20-35815.
As I predicted here, the US Senate will continue to be controlled by Republicans. A majority is 100. As I also predicted, they will have a 1 or 2 member majority. The size depends upon the result of a future runoff election in Georgia.
In the House of Reps, Democrats will continue control. A majority is 218. Before the election, Dems, had 231. (Add one Independent (232) who usually votes/caucuses with them.) But most expect Dems. to have lost at least 5 & up to 8 seats when votes are final.
These results are shocking because media & pollsters predicted Democrats would increase their power with easy and substantial wins. They were way off. This repeat offense suggests they may have been trying to influence the election rather than report on it. (See 2016 election.)
Election Results: Looks like Republicans will keep their majority in the US Senate. It may fall to a majority of 2 or 1 but it will hold. That means Republicans (if they hold together) will stop the “inequality act,” which would effectively replace sex with gender identity.
Unfortunately, it also means that if democrats insist that redefining sex must be part of the legislation, other parts of the act banning discrimination (including v trans people) will also fail.
In the last session, the majority leader of the Senate used his power to make sure the act did not come out of committee. He could do the same in the new session—and likely would.
Melania Trump’s recent appearances remind me of how many well off women depend upon well off men for their financial status and will therefore defend those men’s bad behavior. In seeking to vindicate women’s basic rights, we cannot forget the point.
I think enabler is too narrow a term. It makes it sound as if women don’t have their own agendas. I see it in corporate America where women who want men who control business or benefits to give them access will throw other women (or other vulnerable people) under the bus.
I perfectly understand someone standing by someone they love or are married to. But some of the content of that speech goes beyond that. So I tend to think of some women as on their own mission-not just enabling someone else’s.