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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “People ask me sometimes, when will there be enough women on the court. And my answer is when you're aligned.”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2020
People ask me sometimes, when will there be enough women on the court. And my answer is when you're aligned.

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Ginsburg discusses the representation of women on the Supreme Court.

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