I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGThe emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
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Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
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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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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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You’re saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.
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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
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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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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.
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Dissents speak to a future age.
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