With Justice Kavanaugh's team of all women clerks, Justice Ginsburg notes, it's the first time in history that more than half of the #SCOTUS clerks are women.
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"No matter where we are on the political spectrum, the one thing that each of us feels deeply is that we want to leave the institution as good as we found it. We don't want to tarnish the court's reputation." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg at
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Ginsburg names her favorite opinion involving
#genderequality (other than her own): "Justice O'Connor wrote an opinion that said you cannot deny anyone, women or man, an educational opportunity based on their gender." (Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan)Show this thread -
"When I brought home Justice O'Connor's (Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan) opinion and showed it to Marty, he said: "Ruth, did you write this?" Watch the discussion:http://bit.ly/2RPb03M
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"I appreciate her use of history. She will stop and go back decades, centuries and give you a history of how we got to where we are." - Judge Cornelia Pillard of the United States Court of Appeals DC on the remarkability of Justice Ginsburg's opinions.
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"She weaves together the text of the Constitution....and draws upon that text and the history, using it along with precedent in a way that is extremely powerful." -
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"It's important to emphasize the democratic promise that lies in Ginsburg's jurisprudence." "Her rhetorical legacy points back to the people and reminds us that we have work to do." - Katie L. Gibson
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