Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg famously warned that the Supreme Court's decision striking down a part of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder was like 'throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm.'
Ginsburg cautioned about the dangers of the Supreme Court's decision on voting rights.
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There's hundreds of thousands of women who are going to be deprived because of this decision of a benefit at work to which they're legally entitled.
Women belong in all places where decisions are made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception.
some of my favorite opinions are dissents. I will not live to see what becomes of them but I remain hopeful
The legislature can make the change, can facilitate the change, as laws like the Family Medical Leave Act do but it is not something a court can decree.
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