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
umbrella throwing rainstorms
Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.
prostitution
There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
inspiring giving feminism
If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva
fleeting argument endure
The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
gave-up great-nations ifs
If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
years looks united-states
I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.
punishment people trials
I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was well represented at trial... People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
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.
court
I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
law people political
One might plausibly contend that Congress violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers when it exonerates itself from the impositions of the laws it obligates people outside the legislature to obey.