John Roberts’s supposed “resistance” to women’s rights lay in his opposition to comparable worth. Anybody remember comparable worth? It was the idea that said that since women earned less than men in large measure because they were in professions that paid less, the entire way salaries are determined should be governed by government statute to ensure men and women were paid the same. When Roberts called it “Marxist” in one of his memos, he wasn’t kidding — it is literally Marxist. It was one of the craziest notions ever subscribed to by the feminist Left, and you know that’s true because the term died out and nobody but nobody argues for it today. I would love to see Roberts talk about it in his confirmation hearing, because it would be like throwing another softball right over the center of the plate for him.