Tag: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Whatever final judgment awaits ‘Bush v. Gore’ in the annals of history, I am certain that the good work and good faith of the U.S. federal judiciary as a whole will continue to sustain public confidence at a level never beyond repair.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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I really concentrate on what’s on my plate at the moment and do the very best I can.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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I do a variety of weight-lifting, elliptical glider, stretching exercises, push-ups. And I do the Canadian Air Force exercises almost every day.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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I am fearful, or suspicious, of generalizations… They cannot guide me reliably in making decisions about particular individuals.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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If you just needed the skills to pass the bar, two years would be enough. But if you think of law as a learned profession, then a third year is an opportunity for, on the one hand, public service and practice experience, but on the other, also to take courses that round out the law that you didn’t have time to do.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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I think some of my colleagues’ spicier lines are distracting. They draw attention away from what the justice is trying to say.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg