This book should be required reading for all 1L students. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the Rule of Law and the inner workings of the US Supreme Court. I have come to admire this very skilled and gifted Lawyer, Law Professor, Judge, and Justice. However her quality of reasoning is beyond reproach. Although laborious at times, I loved this book! I still disagree with many of her Liberal tenets. I am the proud Papa to five grandchildren. I remember vividly scorching her over several of her dissents over the years. This is a fascinating glimpse into the life of one of America’s most influential women.Īs 24 year old hard core Christian right wing conservative, I detested everything Ruth Bader Ginsburg stood for when she was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Justice Ginsburg has written an introduction to the book, and Hartnett and Williams introduce each chapter, giving biographical context and quotes gleaned from hundreds of interviews they have conducted. This book’s sampling is selected by Justice Ginsburg and her authorized biographers Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Throughout her life Justice Ginsburg has been (and continues to be) a prolific writer and public speaker.
My Own Words offers Justice Ginsburg on wide-ranging topics, including gender equality, the workways of the Supreme Court, being Jewish, law and lawyers in opera, and the value of looking beyond US shores when interpreting the US Constitution. The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993-a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women’s rights, and popular culture.
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