Ruth Bader Ginsburg Analysis

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In the 2015 book Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, authors Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik evaluate the significant role Ginsburg has had on United States policy in equality and women’s rights. The authors of Notorious RBG, present the structured internal initiative and personal influences of the Brooklyn native, Ginsburg, that contributed to her life-long achievement in academics and scholarly enlightenment. In order to reach her goals, Carmon and Knizhnik describe, Ginsburg in a light that explains how she juggled her professional aspirations and family life while continuing to present the legal world with arguments that aided in shifting popular opinion about female equality compared to males in our society. In Notorious …show more content…

In one of her more popular dissents on Bush v. Gore she states the usual deferment to stat’s laws, “this principle reflects the core of federalism, on which we all agree.” (128 Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg) The authors explain that RBG’s words regarding that case, “very gently suggested the majority was being a bunch of arrogant hypocrites, who had checked their commitment to states’ rights at the door when it served the Republican party” (128 Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg). Throughout her career as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Ginsburg stands her ground and reacts to the argument, without involving personal feelings. During her time as president Carter’s nominated Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Carmon and Knizhnik communicate the role of integrity Ginsburg translated to the nation. She saw her duty differently from her own personal expectations or views. Ginsburg, as some professional maters, because she pushed aside her quest to obtain different laws, and sought to fairly critique the arguments presented and “on a court where most decisions were made on a panel of three, RBG developed her fixation on compromise and collegiality.” (84 Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg) That is the evidence validating Ginsburg’s influence. What our nation benefits from is the understanding that no matter her political alignments, Ginsburg can be respected as an individual who uses logic and practical interpretations rather than personal

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