Linda Hirschman
Appearances
Radiolab
More Perfect: Sex Appeal
Had the Equal Rights Amendment passed, legal editor Linda Hirschman again, it would have looked a lot like the racial civil rights movement did. But the Equal Rights Amendment did not pass.
Radiolab
More Perfect: Sex Appeal
And accordingly, the task was showing that the racially inflected 14th Amendment applied to sex. So what about the law is she trying to change?
Radiolab
More Perfect: Sex Appeal
So, for example, early on in her tenure at the Women's Rights Project, the other lefty lawyers are suggesting that the women's movement needs to take up the cause of lesbian rights. And she says, not yet.
Radiolab
More Perfect: Sex Appeal
At this point, she was getting sort of used to dealing with these rubies from the sticks.
Radiolab
More Perfect: Sex Appeal
Somehow she organized, I've now forgotten how, to get that argued the same day. That was on purpose? Yeah, oh yeah. Oh my God, that's genius. Yeah, no, she's a genius.
Radiolab
More Perfect: Sex Appeal
The court was asking him questions and he was completely incapable of answering. So finally the court just went, oh, never mind. And then when Ruth stood up to argue her case, they asked her about Greg V. Boren.