Category: Justice
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One aspect of appellate judging is we have to give reasons for all of our decisions. And when you sit down and try to write it out, sometimes you find that your first judgment wasn’t the right one.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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At my advanced age – I’m now an octogenarian – I’m constantly amazed by the number of people who want to take my picture.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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The schools that suffer are the schools in, in poor neighborhoods. They are the neighborhoods with the greatest need, with the parents struggling to work and to make ends meet. They don’t have enough resources to give, they don’t have enough resources to pay more, and these are the neighborhoods that go first.
Sonia Sotomayor
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I don’t believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.
Sonia Sotomayor
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I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman’s equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.
Sonia Sotomayor
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We have to look and ensure that we’re paying attention to what we’re doing, so that we don’t reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.
Sonia Sotomayor
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A career is something that you train for and prepare for and plan on doing for a long time.
Sonia Sotomayor
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An operatic voice is like no other.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg