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• There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.

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  Prostitution

  "Does Kagan Oppose Mother’s Day?" by Stephanie Mencimer, www.motherjones.com. May 11, 2010.

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• A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.

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  Mean, People, Important

  "Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Talks Constitution, Women And Liberty On Egyptian TV" By Mike Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 1, 2012.

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• It's great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.

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  Asking Questions, Asking, Answers

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• Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.

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  Eugenics, Growth, Population

  "The Place of Women on the Court". Interview with Emily Bazelon, www.nytimes.com. July 7, 2009.

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• I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the Jewish tradition. I hope, in my years on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, I will have the strength and the courage to remain constant in the service of that demand.

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  Running, Jewish Tradition, Years

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• Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.

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  War, Women, Doe

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• Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all groups have a chance to fully participate in society and the political process.

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  Running, Freedom, Mean

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• If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.

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  Inspiring, Giving, Feminism

  "Ginsburg talks gay marriage". www.politico.com. September 16, 2014.

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• Historically, the new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias. And the states required men to have certain weapons and they specified in the law what weapons these people had to keep in their home so that when they were called to do service as militiamen, they would have them. That was the entire purpose of the Second Amendment.

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  Home, Army, Men

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• The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

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  Women, Mean, Equality

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• So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

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  Writing, Freedom Of Speech, Today

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Wendy W. Williams (2016). “My Own Words”, p.349, Simon and Schuster

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• The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.

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  Fleeting, Argument, Endure

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• Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

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  Responsibility, Generations, Next

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• I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.

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  Years, United States, Looks

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• The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.

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  Second Amendment, Obsolete, Amendments

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• I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher. There wasn't a great understanding of gender discrimination. People knew that race discrimination was an odious thing, but there were many who thought that all the gender-based differentials in the law operated benignly in women's favor. So my objective was to take the Court step by step to the realization, in Justice Brennan's words, that the pedestal on which some thought women were standing all too often turned out to be a cage.

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  Teacher, Race, Law

  Source: newrepublic.com

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• The greatest threat to public confidence in elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that likely imposes an unconstitutional poll tax and risks denying the right to vote to hundreds of thousands of eligible voters.

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  Law, Risk, Voters

  "Supreme Court allows Texas voter ID law for now" by Jason Hanna, Michael Pearson, www.cnn.com. October 19, 2014.

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• In my view, if the Court had properly interpreted the Second Amendment, the Court would have said that Amendment was very important when the nation was new, it gave a qualified right to keep and bear arms but it was for one purpose only, and that was the purpose of having militiamen who were able to fight to preserve the nation.

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  Fighting, Views, Important

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• I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was well represented at trial... People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.

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  Punishment, People, Trials

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• My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent. The study of law was unusual for women of my generation. For most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A., but your M.R.S.

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  Girl, Mother, Growing Up

  "Happy 83rd Birthday, Ruth Bader Ginsburg!" by Marina Fang, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2016.

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• Even the Declaration of Independence starts out all men are created equal, so I see my advocacy as part of an effort to make the equality principle everything the founders would have wanted it to be if they weren't held back by the society in which they lived and particularly the shame of slavery.

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  Men, Effort, Independence

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• When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.

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  Looks, Dangerous, Extremes

  "The ‘Broccoli Horrible’: Obama Loses The Broccoli Battle, But Wins The War", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 28, 2012.

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• I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.

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  Badass, Law, One Day

  "Court Is ‘One of Most Activist,’ Ginsburg Says, Vowing to Stay" by Adam Liptak, www.nytimes.com. August 24, 2013.

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• No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.

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  People, Belief, Share

  Source: newrepublic.com

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• Adult women are able to make decisions about their own lives' course no less than men are.

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  Men, Decision, Adults

  Source: newrepublic.com

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