“A question I am often asked: What does women’s participation in numbers on the bench add to our judicial system? It is true, as Jeanne Coyne of Minnesota's Supreme Court famously said: at the end of the day, a wise old man and a wise old woman will reach the same decision. But it is also true that women, like persons of different racial groups and ethnic origins, contribute what the late Fifth Circuit Judge Alvin Rubin described as “a distinctive medley of views influenced by differences in biology, cultural impact, and life experience.” Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges. It was poorer when nearly all of its participants were cut from the same mold.” JusticeFeminismFeministRbg Book:My Own Words Source: My Own Words
“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
“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
“I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher. There wasn't a great understanding of gender discrimination. People knew that race discrimination was an odious thing, but there were many who thought that all the gender-based differentials in the law operated benignly in women's favor. So my objective was to take the Court step by step to the realization, in Justice Brennan's words, that the pedestal on which some thought women were standing all too often turned out to be a cage.” PeopleLawUnderstandingJusticeRaceStepsTeacherStandingCourtGenderFavorsDiscriminationObjectivesRealizationCagesPedestalGender Discrimination Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“We live in an age in which the fundamental principles to which we subscribe - liberty, equality and justice for all - are encountering extraordinary challenges, ... But it is also an age in which we can join hands with others who hold to those principles and face similar challenges.” HandsAgeFacesChallengesJusticeLibertyPrinciplesFundamentalsExtraordinaryFundamental PrinciplesEquality And JusticeJustice For All Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“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.” WayGivingFightingCommunityJusticeOrganizationSatisfactionHelping OthersVolunteerGiving BackRacial Justice Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the Jewish tradition. I hope, in my years on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, I will have the strength and the courage to remain constant in the service of that demand.” YearsStatesRunningBornJusticeUnitedUnited StatesJudgingProudDemandTraditionCourtConstantRaisedJewSupremeSupreme CourtBenchesEntiretyJewish Tradition Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I do think that being the second [female Supreme Court Justice] is wonderful, because it is a sign that being a woman in a place of importance is no longer extraordinary.” ThinkingWomenJusticeWonderfulFemaleImportanceCourtExtraordinarySupremeWomens RightsSupreme CourtBeing A WomanSupreme Court JusticeCourt Justice Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
