Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburgis an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justiceand one of three female justices currently serving on the Supreme Court...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJudge
Date of Birth15 March 1933
CountryUnited States of America
Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes about
women mean equality
The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
women abortion privacy
The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
rights people stories
A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
looks dangerous extremes
When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
fighting organization giving
Whatever community organization, whether it's a women's organization, or fighting for racial justice ... you will get satisfaction out of doing something to give back to the community that you never get in any other way.
running freedom mean
Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all groups have a chance to fully participate in society and the political process.
adequate united-states judgment
In sum, the Court's conclusion that a constitutionally adequate recount is impractical is a prophecy the Court's own judgment will not allow to be tested. Such an untested prophecy should not decide the Presidency of the United States. I dissent.
prison quarters should
Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory.
badass law one-day
I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
eugenics growth population
Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.
gay two saying-no
You're saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
religious organization community
Religious organizations exist to foster the interests of persons subscribing to the same religious faith. Not so of for-profit corporations. Workers who sustain the operations of those corporations commonly are not drawn from one religious community.
religious risk establishment-clause
Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk the [Constitution's] Establishment Clause was designed to preclude.
running law office
Members of the legislature, people who have run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed