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Every gal and every boy that's born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Age: 87 †
Born: 1933
Born: March 15
Died: 2020
Died: September 18
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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Brooklyn
New York
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Joan Ruth Bader
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg
Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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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.
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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.
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I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.
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It's great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.
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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.
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Legislators know much more about elections than the Court does.
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Even the Declaration of Independence starts out all men are created equal, so I see my advocacy as part of an effort to make the equality principle everything the founders would have wanted it to be if they weren't held back by the society in which they lived and particularly the shame of slavery.
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You're saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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The irony and tragedy is any woman of means can have a safe abortion somewhere in the United States. But women lacking the wherewithal to travel can't. There is no big constituency out there concerned about access restrictions on poor women.
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Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives' course no less than men are.
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If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.
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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me.
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I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
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When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.
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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.
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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent. The study of law was unusual for women of my generation. For most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A., but your M.R.S.
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