This is the Forward’s coverage of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. She has spent much of her legal career advocating for gender equality and women’s rights. Visit here to stay up on all…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says Electoral College Needs Changing — Vows To Eat Her Kale
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reportedly says she would change the electoral college if she had the chance — and suggested she was planning to stay healthy enough to keep her spot on the bench. Speaking at Stanford University, the 83-year-old jurist answered a question about things she would like to change. “one is…
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Opinion Executing Dylann Roof Is Behind the Times and Against the Talmud
The jury’s decision to execute Dylann Roof for killing nine unarmed people in a historically black Charleston church may create its own problems for the state of South Carolina. As recently as last year, Bryan Stirling, director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, was deprived of the means to prepare a lethal injection cocktail,…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sends Handwritten Note to Girl Who Dressed Up as Her
When her friends decided to don Batman and Wonder Woman costumes for “Super Hero” day at school, Michele Threefoot had a different idea — instead dressing up as her role model, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. After her mom posted the photo to Facebook — complete with black robe, hair done in a bun…
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The Schmooze This Little Girl Dressed as Ruth Bader Ginsburg on ‘Superhero Day’
Meet Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s biggest, pint-sized fan. 8-year-old Michele was busy reading “I Dissent,” a picture book about RBG’s life, when Superhero Day rolled around at school this week. She decided to dress up as the Supreme Court Justice and her mother, Krista Wujek Threefoot, was on hand to proudly capture the moment. “Yes, world….
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Looking Forward to Donald Trump Naming Supreme No. 9
WASHINGTON — Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she was looking forward to Donald Trump’s naming of a ninth Supreme Court justice. The associate Supreme Court justice, speaking Monday at the annual Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, was asked what the immediate impact of a Trump presidency would be. “The most immediate, a vacancy will…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Opera Debut at Kennedy Center
— Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared on stage in an opera performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Ginsburg, 83, performed Saturday night with the Washington National Opera in “The Daughter of the Regiment” by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. She played the role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp. Some…
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News It’s Jewish Judge vs. Jewish Judge: Posner Bad-Mouths Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
Federal judges tend to have a strict sense of professionalism, commenting on and overruling each others’ verdicts with all due respect. But Richard Posner, the crotchety and loquacious jurist on the federal appeals court in Chicago, had no gumption about bad-mouthing his colleagues – even his fellow Jews — on the Supreme Court. At a…
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The Schmooze The Notorious RBG’s Next Big Role? Opera Star
Between “Supreme Court Justice,” “Notorious RBG,” and “Namesake of the Praying Mantis lomantis ginsburgæ” Ruth Bader Ginsburg already possesses more intimidatingly cool titles than most of us can ever hope to acquire. She’s about to add another one: Duchess of Krakenthorp. Ok, that one’s not permanent; next month, Ginsburg will be performing the role of…
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