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
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.
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
police records significant
When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
punishment people trials
People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
thinking
I think our system is being polluted by money,
religious believe order
We do not read (the law) to elevate accommodation of religious observances over an institution's need to maintain order and safety, ... We have no cause to believe that (the law) would not be applied in an appropriately balanced way, without sensitivity to security concerns.
thinking years law
If I resign any time this year, he [President Obama] could not successfully appoint anyone I would like to see in the court. ... [A]nybody who thinks that if I step down, Obama could appoint someone like me, they're misguided.
aggravation office effort
All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.
responsibility generations next
Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
american-judge envisioned legal pleased
She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.
american-judge envisioned legal pleased
She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.