36 Quotes by Ruth Ginsburg

I wonder why law schools waited so long to welcome women?

We do not agree that the latter follows from the former like the night, the day,

Well, there are all kinds of hearts. There are bleeding hearts and there are hard hearts, ... She has a different value system than I do. But that doesn't mean she doesn't have a good heart.

We're told these methods are less gentle to the patient,

Extra hard not to die in the near future.

You are well aware that I come to these proceedings to be judged as a judge. ... It would be wrong for me to say or to preview in this legislative chamber how I would cast my vote on questions the Supreme Court may be called upon to decide. ... Judges in our ... system are bound to decide concrete cases, not abstract issues. ... A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints. ... It would display disdain for the entire judicial process.

What is subtle about what is described here?

Are you saying that if heroin were legalized, the FDA could not regulate it?

EPA can exercise its supervisory power to block a facility's construction, ... As EPA found, the Alaska department's own records showed there was scant, if any, evidentiary basis for choosing less stringent emission-reduction technology.