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
respect law organization
..the United States is subject to the scrutiny of a candid world ... what the United States does, for good or for ill, continues to be watched by the international community, in particular by organizations concerned with the advancement of the rule of law and respect for human dignity.
jobs selfish lawyer
I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
looks dangerous extremes
When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
court
I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
men liberation womens-rights
It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation.
women mean equality
The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
arizona protection reason
Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent.
inspiring giving feminism
If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva
mean eugenics impact
The impact of all these restrictions is on poor women, because women who have means, if their state doesn't provide access, another state does. ... It makes no sense as a national policy to promote birth only among poor people.
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.
fleeting argument endure
The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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 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.