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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg news and analysis from The Nation
April 7, 2020
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court blocked Wisconsin from extending the absentee voting deadline, disenfranchising thousands and creating a terrible precedent.
March 26, 2020
What makes the decision all the more terrible is that the court ruled unanimously to weaken the civil rights protection at the center of the case.
November 21, 2019
Plus Rick Perlstein on impeachment and Eric Foner on the 1619 Project.
January 30, 2019
Justice Ginsburg is an essential voice on the Supreme Court— but portraying her as a dissenter obscures the work of more radical women of color.
October 3, 2017
Many workers are forced into arbitration, so they’ve tried to arbitrate collectively. The case the Supreme Court heard yesterday could put an end to that.
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November 11, 2016
If three additional liberal and moderate vacancies occur in the next four years, the Court could stand 7-2 conservative for decades to come.
October 12, 2016
To call Colin Kaepernick “arrogant” sounds much too close to “uppity” for comfort.
July 15, 2016
Who is better positioned to call Donald Trump out as a “faker” ignorant of the constitutional values that bind us together?
July 13, 2016
Donald Trump is a faker who will say whatever comes into his head.
June 20, 2016
In an opinion that cited Michelle Alexander and Ta-Nehisi Coates, Justice Sotomayor railed against the gutting of the Fourth Amendment.
