Contents of this article: 1. Ginsburg's life and style; 2. Ginsburg's career; 3. Interactions within the U.S. system of separation of powers.
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1. Ruth Ginsburg's life and style: determined and tasteful
Ruth Ginsburg came from an ordinary family, and neither of his parents went to college. Cornell, with a four-to-one male-to-female ratio, met her husband there. "If you can't find a husband in Cornell, you will definitely have no hope when you go out to society." Until now, many American families have sent their daughters to college to find a partner. The couple was admitted to Harvard Law School together, having a baby in the first year, and entering Harvard law review in the second year. At this time, her husband was diagnosed with cancer. Her daily routine has become: taking care of the baby, taking care of her husband, coping with homework in law school by herself, and helping her husband and classmates with homework. So sleep only two hours a night. Effort comes with struggle. However, the security denied her access to the reading room because she was a woman.
Ruth Ginsburg is quiet and introverted, never "small talk". During the meeting, she made her point at the beginning. In the courtroom, her slow debating style and firm gaze are impressive. Once the judge ridiculed that women were putting on coins, she responded with the mentality of a "kindergarten teacher". I agree. However, two barrages said, "That's how I taught my mother." I don't agree. Xiang Biao once said that in the face of the conflict between creed and reality, there are two attitudes. First describe or judge first, first get angry or first be curious? I like to see first.
Ginsburg, the second female judge in the United States, added a feminine element to the robe—lace, stringed with a few beads. When expressing objections, it is hung in black.
She could be good friends with the conservative Justice Scalia , a politically dissident , and go on shows, enjoy operas together, and even play opera roles together. This is unimaginable to me. They rode an elephant on a trip to India together, and Scalia joked that feminists like Ginsburg would have to rush to the front. As a successful woman, she has a silently dedicated man behind her. Her husband, a New York state tax attorney, came to Washington, D.C., where she worked, and started cooking. Later, when I saw that my husband's name was also Ginsburg, I remembered that women in Europe and the United States take their husband's surname after they get married.
2. Ginsburg's career: From affirmative action lawyer to dissenting judge
At a time when McCarthyism was in vogue, lawyers defending the communists inspired Ginsburg to pursue a career in law.
In the 1970s, the civil rights movement. Race became the first shot (about apartheid). Since then, the American Civil Liberties Union, an affirmative-rights organization, has approached Ginsburg, who is a college teacher. She joined the group and stood on the legal battleground on the gender front.
* Frontiero v. Richardson (1972) was Ginsburg's first Supreme Court case in oral argument. A female Air Force lieutenant applied for a family allowance and was rejected.
In closing the case, she quoted the now-popular phrase "I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks".
* In Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld (1975) , Ginsburg argued that a provision in the Social Security Act was unconstitutional because it provided benefits only to widowed mothers and not to widowed fathers. She secured the same social benefits as a single mother for a widowed man raising children.
* In Califano v. Goldfarb (1977) , Ginsburg challenged federal law providing for different pensions based on sex.
After becoming a judge, Ginsburg was a moderate among liberals, trying to reach a consensus with conservatives.
* United States v. Virginia, 518 US 515 (1996) A female high school student applied to Virginia Military Institute and was rejected. The court noted that the Virginia Military Academy violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by rejecting candidates based solely on gender. The quality of the parties is not inferior.
Many years later, I participated in the exchange of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and there was an online study of anti-discrimination education. This principle is what I want to learn.
I thought, if this school is marked as a boys' school, then he's doing fine.
After conservatives prevailed, her dissent grew sharper.
* Bush v. Gore, 531 US 98 (2000) , Bush won 5-4 by one vote, dissenting: "The court's judgment that the recount is impracticable is a prophecy and has not been tested. "
* Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 US 618 (2007) objection
Ledbetter stumbled upon the fact that men in the same position were paid 40% more than him. Justice Alito said, "You definitely are discriminated. But the statute of limitations has expired." Ginsburg argued that this was not the intent of the legislation, and that discrimination is not so easy to know, that Congress should correct the error in this case.
* Burwell vs Hobby Lobby (2013) found that employers can refuse to provide contraceptive coverage to employees on the basis of religious beliefs. Objection: Women should be in control of fertility. Popular with young netizens, she made memes and called her Notorious RBG.
Several core conflicts in this case
In 2016, Ginsburg dissed Trump as a faker and later apologized.
3. Interactions within the U.S. separation of powers system
The Supreme Court picks cases that have far-reaching social significance. Justices are nominated by the president and approved by the Senate. Ginsburg was nominated by Clinton in 1993, when the Senate Judiciary Committee was chaired by Biden. She made pro-abortion remarks when she took office.
Ginsburg's dissent in * Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 US 618 (2007) prompted the Obama administration to sign the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act when it took office.
Ginsburg's love affair has sparked criticism from liberals as selfish. In 2020, when Ginsburg died, Trump appointed Judge Barrett of the conservative Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy, making six conservatives out of the nine justices. In fact, before Scalia died in February 2016 , the incumbent president was Obama, but the Republicans controlled the majority of the Senate and refused to vote on Obama's nomination. In the United States, it is difficult to move towards a white-left world.
Addendum: The Battle Between Left and Right
Source: Textbook "Social Issues"
One more thing missing from the picture: Conservatives support the retention of the death penalty, Democrats support abolition.
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