Ideologies / Civil Libertarian / Ruth Bader Ginsburg
§ The minds · 1933–2020 · United States · Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Liberty and equal dignity
Rights litigation as lifelong craft.
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Governance−26
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The justice whose strategic litigation and forceful dissents made her an icon of civil liberties and equal dignity under the law.
social
Landmark progressive on gender equality and personal autonomy.
economic
Worked within a market order; her cause was rights, not economics.
governance
Defended individual liberties and equal protection against state overreach.
Notable for
- Gender-equality litigation
- Influential Supreme Court dissents
- Equal-protection advocacy
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