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DonViejo

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Sun Mar 28, 2021, 09:24 AM Mar 2021

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 City’s 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 Ginsburg’s arguments, speeches and opinions – the justice’s 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
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