Ruth Ginsburg
Ruth 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...
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth15 March 1933
CityBrooklyn, NY
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Well, there are all kinds of hearts. There are bleeding hearts and there are hard hearts, ... She has a different value system than I do. But that doesn't mean she doesn't have a good heart.
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And I want this committee to understand that if we go down this road of putting people's hearts in play, and the only way you can have a good heart is, Adopt my value system, we're doing a great disservice to the judiciary.
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Are you saying that if heroin were legalized, the FDA could not regulate it?
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EPA can exercise its supervisory power to block a facility's construction, ... As EPA found, the Alaska department's own records showed there was scant, if any, evidentiary basis for choosing less stringent emission-reduction technology.
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School districts are charged with responsibility to offer to each disabled child an individualized education program (IEP) suitable to the child's special needs. The proponent of the IEP, it seems to me, is properly called upon to demonstrate its adequacy,
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The Ten Commandments are a powerful statement of the covenant God made with his people,
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I wonder why law schools waited so long to welcome women?
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We do not agree that the latter follows from the former like the night, the day,
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I do not want to give here any hints. I would not like to answer that question. I cannot say anything more than I have already said.
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But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view.
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What is subtle about what is described here?
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We're told these methods are less gentle to the patient,
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You are well aware that I come to these proceedings to be judged as a judge. ... It would be wrong for me to say or to preview in this legislative chamber how I would cast my vote on questions the Supreme Court may be called upon to decide. ... Judges in our ... system are bound to decide concrete cases, not abstract issues. ... A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints. ... It would display disdain for the entire judicial process.
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Extra hard not to die in the near future.