Political Quotes

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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May 20, 2019

Congressional correction of the Court's elevation of the FAA over the rights of employees and consumers to Act in concert is urgently in order.

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Apr 29, 2019

that women are people equal in stature before the law

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Jan 28, 2019

I can't imagine what this place would be--I can't imagine what our country would be--with Donald Trump as president.

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Aug 30, 2018

All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet our necks.

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Dec 31, 2017

How treacherously we have strayed from the principle that arbitration is a matter of consent, not coercion.

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Oct 31, 2017

Roe, I believe, would have been more acceptable as a judicial decision if it had not gone beyond a ruling on the extreme statute before the court.

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Mar 19, 2017

The exception sought by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga would deny legions of women who do not hold their employees' beliefs access to contraceptive coverage.

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Mar 19, 2017

A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecast, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process.

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Mar 26, 2013

As Justice Kennedy said, 1100 statutes, and it affects every area of life. And so you would be -- really diminishing what the state has said is marriage. You are saying, no, state said two kinds of marriages. The full marriage and then…

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Jun 30, 2010

If one more person like Justice Ginsburg or Justice Stevens were on the Court, one more person who understands what it is like for ordinary people living in the real world, then my case would have turned out differently.

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Jun 30, 2010

Justice Ginsburg hit the nail on the head when she said that the majority's decision did not make sense in the real world.

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May 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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May 7, 2009

I think the presence of women on the bench made it possible for the courts to appreciate earlier than they might otherwise that sexual harassment belongs under Title 7.

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