“When RBG fretted over the first dry opinion the chief justice assigned her, O'Connor gave her a pep talk. As RBG read that opinion on the bench, O'Connor, who had dissented in the case, passed her a note. "This is… — Irin Carmon Copy Share Image
“She wrote that she was pretty sure more women and people of color could enroll “without denying to white men of merit a fair chance to compete for places.” — Irin Carmon Copy Share Image
“Marshall had died five months earlier and could not be reached for comment.” — Irin Carmon Copy Share Image
“The people closest to RBG find her entrance to the zeitgeist hilarious, if perplexing. “It’s hard for me to think of someone less likely… — Irin Carmon Copy Share Image
“When RBG fretted over the first dry opinion the chief justice assigned her, O'Connor gave her a pep talk. As RBG read that opinion… — Irin Carmon Copy Share Image
“My mother-in-law meant simply this,” RBG said. “Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a… — Irin Carmon Copy Share Image
“She wrote that she was pretty sure more women and people of color could enroll “without denying to white men of merit a fair… — Irin Carmon Copy Share Image
“Her every utterance is clickbait, and according to the headlines, she no longer says anything, but rather “eviscerates.” — Irin Carmon Copy Share Image
“Her “feminist friends,” she said, have asked why Scalia, a man, got to sit in the front. “It had to do with the distribution… — Irin Carmon Copy Share Image
“I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability, and I really don’t think about whether… — Irin Carmon Copy Share Image
“Her father, Nathan, worried about Kiki wanting to be a lawyer. So few women had made it. How would she support herself? He had… — Irin Carmon Copy Share Image
