Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue review: how Ruth Bader Ginsburg changed America
Charles Kaiser
Sun 28 Mar 2021 02.00 EDT
Remarks, rulings and dissents show the extraordinary influence of the supreme court justice known and loved as RBG
Two and a half years ago, at a naturalization ceremony for newly minted Americans, Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked: What is the difference between a bookkeeper in New York Citys garment district and a supreme court justice?
Her answer: One generation
the difference between opportunities available to my mother and those afforded me.
From this new selection of Ginsburgs arguments, speeches and opinions the justices greatest hits it is clear she deserves at least as much credit as any other American for that remarkably rapid transformation.
This book is full of evidence that even in a nation like ours, where over the last 50 years the concentration of power in the hands of the top 1% has steadily worsened, a brilliant and determined individual with the right alliances can still bring about extraordinary change within her own lifetime.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/28/justice-justice-thou-shalt-pursue-review-ruth-bader-ginsburg-rbg