Ruth Bader Ginsberg

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Blame Ginsberg for SCOTUS Overturning Roe June 27, 2022

Considering how overturning Roe v. Wade looked impossible, or extraordinarily unlikely, when Justice Antonin Scalia died on February 13, 2016, to many pro-lifers, today seems nothing short of miraculous.Democrats who support abortion rights will poin...

10 Things You Didn't Know About Ruth Bader Ginsburg September 21, 2020

1. RUTH JOAN BADER WAS born on March 15, 1933, in Brooklyn, N.Y. The second child of Nathan and Celia (their first daughter, Marilyn, died of meningitis when Ruth was young), the Baders lived in the Flatbush neighborhood. Her father sold furs, then l...

Ginsburg's Road to Unlikely Celebrity October 22, 2018

Although the term “jabot” dates in English from the early 19th century, it didn't enter common parlance until recently. My entry in Black's Law Dictionary defines it this way: “A frill of lace, tulle, chiffon, or the like fastened at the neck and wor...