Ruth Ginsburg
Ruth 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...
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth15 March 1933
CityBrooklyn, NY
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In accord with long-standing norm, every member of the current Supreme Court declined to furnish such information. The line each justice drew in response to pre-confirmation questioning is crucial to the health of the federal judiciary.
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This case, here for the second time, raises a question 'of profound importance to the nation. Nothing the government has yet done purports to retract the assertion of executive power Padilla protests.
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That's just not the way our system works.
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The Ten Commandments are a powerful statement of the covenant God made with his people,
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Had the school district, in the first instance, offered Brian a public or private school placement equivalent to the one the district ultimately provided, this entire litigation and its attendant costs could have been avoided,
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this is a person whose job includes being candid, serving justice, serving truth.
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Are you saying that if heroin were legalized, the FDA could not regulate it?
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It is not like I have gone crazy,I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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We have neither desire, need, nor right to know most of Judge Roberts's views on most imaginable subjects,