Eight, as you know, is not a good number for a multi-member court. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
There's nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in 2012. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature.… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.' — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
One aspect of appellate judging is we have to give reasons for all of our decisions. And when you sit down and… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong, and I would do it this way,' but the greatest dissents do become… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
My dissenting opinions, like my briefs, are intended to persuade. And sometimes one must be forceful about saying how wrong the Court's… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
One might plausibly contend that Congress violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers when… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
On the whole, we think of our consumers - other judges, lawyers, the public. The law that the Supreme Court establishes is… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
If you ask judges, do you always agree on everything? Of course not, we divide just as you do. Why aren't you… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The notion that it is improper to look beyond the borders of the United States in grappling with hard questions has a… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I didn't change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The Sixth Amendment secures to persons charged with crime the right to be tried by an impartial jury reflecting a fair cross-section… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Collegiality is crucial to the success of our mission. We could not do the job the Constitution assigns to us if we… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Justice Scalia and I served together on the D.C. Circuit. So his votes are not surprising to me. What I like about… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
Work hard on each opinion, but once the case is decided, don't look back; go on to the next case and give it your… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the Voting Rights… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
The Democrats do fine in presidential elections; their problem is they can't get out the vote in the midterm elections. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
In sum, the Court's conclusion that a constitutionally adequate recount is impractical is a prophecy the Court's own judgment will not allow to be… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
We will never see a day when women of means are not able to get a safe abortion in this country. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
The entering class I joined in 1956 included just nine women, up from five in the then second-year class, and only one African American.… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
If you ask judges, do you always agree on everything? Of course not, we divide just as you do. Why aren't you transparent about… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
One thing that concerns me is that today's young women don't seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
It's a facet of the gay rights movement that people don't think about enough. Why suddenly marriage equality? Because it wasn't until 1981 that… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share
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