“My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.” MightAnswersCasesProjectsCourt Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“There are just a host of problems born by the electronic age. Things we couldn't even conceive of. I was amused by the analogy that Justice Scalia made in a case about a GPS tracker so you don't know that's being done to your car, is that a violation of your right to protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. So Justice Scalia imagines a constable clinging to the bottom of a carriage as it went on its way, so there was some notion that this similar: there is an official eye that's on you, but you don't know about it. Yes, there are all kinds of challenges.” KnowsWayKindMadeDoneProblemEyeAgeBornChallengesJusticeCasesImagineCarNotionBottomProtectionAll KindsOfficialsHostViolationAnalogiesUnreasonableClingingAmusedBeing DoneCarriagesSeizuresGpsUnreasonable SearchesUnreasonable Search And SeizuresJustice Scalia Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“My own view, and I've said this many times, is as long as I can do the work full steam, I will stay on the Court. But when I feel myself slipping, when I slow down in my ability to write opinions with fair dispatch, when I forget the names of cases that I once could recite at the drop of a hat, I will know it is time for me to go.” KnowsFeelsWritingLongSaidI CanNamesCan DoMy OwnAbilityForgetViewsOpinionCasesFairsCourtHatsSlow DownSteamSlipping Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Work hard on each opinion, but once the case is decided, don't look back; go on to the next case and give it your all. It's not productive to worry about what's out and released, over and done. That's advice I now give to people new to the judging business.” PeopleGivingLooksHardDoneNextOpinionCasesWorryAdviceJudgingHard WorkGoes OnDecidedProductiveGive It Your All Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“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.” PeopleWellsCasesCourtSupremePunishmentTrialsApplicationDozenExecutionPenaltiesSupreme CourtDeath PenaltyCapital PunishmentAgainst Death Penalty Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“The greatest threat to public confidence in elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that likely imposes an unconstitutional poll tax and risks denying the right to vote to hundreds of thousands of eligible voters.” LawCasesRiskTaxesVoteElectionThreatVotersPollsRight To VoteUnconstitutional Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
