You're saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage. — 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
Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don't have executions. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
As De Tocqueville said, sooner or later in the United States, every controversy ends up in court. I think that's a great… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Congress could always stop the President if Congress thinks that what the President has done exceeds the President's authority or is just… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
In sum, the Court's conclusion that a constitutionally adequate recount is impractical is a prophecy the Court's own judgment will not allow… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Neither federal nor state government acts compatibly with equal protection when a law or official policy denies to women, simply because they… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The impact of all these restrictions is on poor women, because women who have means, if their state doesn't provide access, another… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
..the United States is subject to the scrutiny of a candid world ... what the United States does, for good or for… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Historically, the new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias. And the states… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The irony and tragedy is any woman of means can have a safe abortion somewhere in the United States. But women lacking… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
