“Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the Voting Rights Act in every redistricting cycle from and after 1970.” Has BeensRealityFoundPoliticsJusticeHistoryDemocracyRightsGenerationsPolicyEqualEthicsConstitutionElectionHistoricalMereHuman RightsContraryDiscriminationIdeologyVotingCyclesTexasEqual RightsViolationDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceRight To VotePartisanshipRacial DiscriminationArtifactsVoting Rights ActRedistricting Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I didn't change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.” PrinciplesSeeingConstitutionRealization Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk the [Constitution's] Establishment Clause was designed to preclude.” ReligiousRiskConstitutionClaimsEstablishmentUnworthyClausesAccommodationsApprovingEstablishment Clause Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.” PeopleMeanImportantLibertyConstitutionYearningFreedom And Liberty Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.” IfsYearsLooksStatesUnitedUnited StatesConstitutionUs ConstitutionDrafting Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“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.” MenWorldDoeWarEndsWomenWrittenCitizensEqualMen And WomenConstitutionWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IWomens RightsProvisionStature Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.” PeopleStoriesRightsConstitutionPrimeIgnoredExtensionsExcludedConstitutional Rights Book:My Own Words Source: My Own Words
