The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 18,1993 -1 .High Court Justice Ginsburg quickly begins to ask probing questions WASHINGTON (AP)--Judging by her energetic questioning from the bench, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is quickly hitting full stride in her new job. Intensive questioning last week by Ginsburg in a sexual-harassment case caused one lawyef to abandon his contention that the woman who had filed suit must prove the conduct harmed her performance at work. "She basically pushed him to con- cede the case," said Georgetown Uni- versity Law Professor Susan Ross. During her first two weeks of high court arguments, Ginsburg has asked r lawyers frequent and probing ques- tions on other issues such as drug forfeitures and civil rights law. She also has brought the perspec- tive of a former women's rights advo- cate to the conservative court, said some observers who noted that Ginsburg at one point described the "old days" of sexist law professors. "She has hit the ground running," said Stuart Gerson, former acting at- torney general in the Bush adminis- tration. "She has shown a great deal ofenergy and preparedness. Being on the court is awe-inspiring, but she is not awe-struck." Newjustices often holdback when just arriving on the bench. Justice David Souter waited three weeks to ask his first question in 1990. Now a frequent and incisive questioner, Souter admits finding the job overwhelming at first. Ginsburg's performance is being likened to the equally fast start in 1986 by Justice Antonin Scalia, her former federal appeals court col- league. "It's not just that she's asking lots of questions. It's that she's asking outstanding questions that get to the heart of the matter," said Georgetown University Law Professor Susan Bloch. In the sex-harassment case, the lawyer representing the woman, who filed the lawsuit against a Tennessee company, didn't escape close ques- tioning either. Ginsburg suggested he was making the case more compli- cated than it should be. If a woman is told "you think like a woman" and a male co- worker is not subjected to similar comments, "doesn't that make their job more difficult?" Ginsburg asked. "Do you need anything further than that? The terms and conditions (of a job) aren't equal if one is called names and the other isn't," she said. Ginsburg suggested an equally straightforward view during argu- ments on a civil rights case, pointing out that whatever penalties are re- quired, the law has been clear since 1964: "Thou shalt not discriminate." In another argument, she said a drug-forfeiture law's basic message also is clear: "That's part of the pen- alty; you forfeit the home where the drugs were kept." Ginsburg's vigorous performance comes as no surprise to lawyers who argued before her on the federal ap- peals court. 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