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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “The legislature can make the change, can facilitate the change, as laws like the Family Medical Leave Act do but it is…”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
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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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
New York

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Ginsburg highlights the legislative role in societal change versus judicial limitations.

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