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Justice Ginsburg
Begins New Term

Washington (JTA) — Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the
first Jew to sit on the
Supreme Court in 25 years,
donned her black robe and
took her seat among her new
colleagues this week as the
court began its 1993-1994
term.
The court's agenda for the
term, at least so far, does not
include any church-state
cases, which are tradi-
tionally those in which the
organized Jewish commun-
ity becomes most involved.
But Jewish groups have
filed briefs in a range of
cases that Judge Ginsburg
and the eight other justices
have agreed to hear, in-
cluding those concerning
voting rights, civil rights
and women's rights.
Court-watchers are predic-
ting that Judge Ginsburg,
with her background as a
pioneering women's rights
advocate, will play an im-
portant role in the cases
focusing on issues of concern
to women.
Judge Ginsburg is the first
Jewish woman ever to serve
on the court, and this term
marks another historic
milestone: It is the first time
there have ever been two
women sitting on the court.
One of the women's rights
cases in which Jewish
groups have gotten involved
is National Organization for
Women vs. Scheidler.
The American Jewish
Committee is among the
organizations that have filed
briefs asking the court to
allow racketeering statutes
to be used to stop organiza-
tions such as the militant
anti-abortion group Opera-
tion Rescue from trying to
block abortion clinics.
Jewish groups are also in-
volved in a case asking
whether plaintiffs claiming
sexual harassment must
prove severe psychological
injury to make their case.
On the first day, the court
heard oral arguments in a
set of Florida voting rights
cases that concern some in
the Jewish community.
Judge Ginsburg jumped
right into the questioning, in
contrast to many previous
rookie justices who shied
away from making their
presence felt in their first
days on the court.
The American Jewish
Congress and the Anti-
Defamation League were
among the groups filing

Ruth Ginsburg:
A focus on women's issues?

briefs in the cases, Johnson
vs. De Grandy and De Gran-
dy vs. Johnson, which in-
volve minority challenges to
voting districts in the
Florida state Legislature.
Many in the Jewish com-
munity, which is tradi-
tionally opposed to arguing
cases on the basis of "group
rights," have been critical of
redistricting plans drawn
specifically to create minori-
ty districts.
The question in these cases
involves plans to create
black and Hispanic districts
in southern Florida. The
Jewish groups' briefs stress
their view that redistricting
should not be undertaken on
the basis of race.
Also of special interest to
Jewish groups are cases on
this term's docket dealing
with the Civil Rights Act of
1991.
Jewish groups are among
those asking whether the
civil rights law can be ap-
plied retroactively to cases
pending at the time the act
was passed.
While there is a dearth of
church-state cases so far this
term, the court did take ac-
tion on a few.
In one case, it let stand a
lower court decision allow-
ing the Texas attorney gen-
eral to try to obtain the
records of a controversial
church and its televangelist
leader, Robert Tilton.
The Word of Faith Family
Church had argued that the
investigation would violate
the church's constitutional
guarantees of religious
freedom.
In another case, Renton
School District 403 vs.
Garnett, the court let stand

