Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburgis an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justiceand one of three female justices currently serving on the Supreme Court...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJudge
Date of Birth15 March 1933
CountryUnited States of America
Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes about
thinking years law
If I resign any time this year, he [President Obama] could not successfully appoint anyone I would like to see in the court. ... [A]nybody who thinks that if I step down, Obama could appoint someone like me, they're misguided.
thinking
I think our system is being polluted by money,
caring men thinking
You can't have it all, all at once. Who—man or woman—has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
thinking justice female
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.
caring thinking differences
If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me.
thinking decision democracy
If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
constitution
I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in 2012.
sex years age
The age of consent for sex should be 12 years old.
american-judge work
We had to go on and do the work of the court and we did.
american-judge envisioned legal pleased
She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.
american-judge degree girls growing lady mother unusual
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S.
children home caring
Our goal in the '70s was to end the closed door era. There were so many things that were off limits to women, policing, firefighting, mining, piloting planes. And the stereotypical view of people of a world divided between home and child caring women and men as breadwinners, men representing the family outside the home.
responsibility generations next
Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
aggravation office effort
All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.