持异议的斯卡利亚大法官主张,对性别分类的审查需要一个完美的契合点。如果女人都适合全男性的事业,那么两性之间的界限就不会成立。他指责他的好朋友,以及这位前华盛顿巡回法院同事在没有被认同的情况下,就为女性制定了的严格审查标准。尽管依照惯例,意见和异议会来回反复,但金斯伯格从未回应上述指责。对于金斯伯格的判决,奥康纳没有出具单独意见,也没有对保留“一种中立审查”提出只言片语。
接下来的一年里,几个年轻女性出现在了弗吉尼亚军事学院的校园里,她们剪短了头发,身着滑稽、不合身的运动制服短裙。一有机会,她们就爬上泥泞的小山坡,越过山顶。尽管最开始存在真正的挑战,但直到现在,军事学院仍有女性存在。
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金斯伯格喜欢在最高法院工作(她将其称为“一份好的工作”)。尽管非常尊重前辈,但她并没有遵循奥康纳的惯例。她冒失地回避了早上的有氧运动课程。贯彻典型的金斯伯格方式,她没有批评奥康纳早上有氧运动的女性仪式性特征,她只是说这个课程安排得太早了。而且她没有像奥康纳一样花费大量的时间和精力,经常在偏门的地方演讲、为美国法治欢呼。作精力充沛的西部人的同僚并不容易。金斯伯格经常接到出席活动或出版著述的请求,这些人声称奥康纳曾出席或做过同样的事情。秘书们猜测奥康纳有一个神秘的孪生姐妹来帮她分担这些事情。
但金斯伯格无疑很享受这份工作附加的旅行活动。她充分利用了大法官们应该去国外教学和参加会议的大量机会,特别是在夏季。无论他们去哪里,都会受到如同“美国王室”般的待遇。金斯伯格的文档中满是供出行参考的优秀歌剧团日程。例如,1998年她去萨尔斯堡参加会议,一开始就有一辆奔驰车在机场等候,将她和马丁送往维也纳的帝国酒店入住,然后又将他们带去美泉宫观看私人的歌剧表演。这确实是份好工作。
当然,并非所有时候都有宫殿和帝国酒店。1998年,她飞往佛罗里达的科勒尔·盖布尔斯(coralgables),使用她的特权参加了杰森·维森菲尔德(jasonwiesenfeld)的婚礼。杰森是她之前关系最好的客户的儿子。杰森在很久以前就开始了诉讼业务。与大多数“王室”不同,她注意到这间小酒店的账单里有78美元的错误,立即提醒新郎的父亲注意。3个月之后,20多岁的杰森被发现罹患癌症,金斯伯格致以慰问,向他们保证疾病终将会过去,并分享了她和马丁是如何度过马丁患病的黑暗时光。史蒂文斯有一张来自金斯伯格办公室的漂亮手写卡片,上面有金斯伯格的婆婆写的话:“一切终将过去。蝴蝶会跟随其后。”
那是一段愉快的时光。杰森·维森菲尔德确实康复了。而马丁开始为大法官夫妇们准备晚餐。
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