The justice is a lady, so what?

Myra Bradwell
Myra Bradwell had a legitimate gripe.

Ouch and double ouch here, as Mrs. Burke plays the woman card:

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke today rejected the notion that she should recuse herself from deciding on the residency case involving mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel.

“Aren’t we beyond that? Women have minds of their own. We have spouses in every kind of business. Are we returning to the days of Myra Bradwell?” she said, referring to the Illinois suffragette who was initially denied the right to practice law because she was a woman. She went on to become the state’s first female lawyer.

She’s saying the husband would not be similarly advised if roles were reversed?