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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court

RIP, RBG

September 18, 2020 Roger Straw

Good and faithful servant

– The Benicia Independent

BREAKING

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court’s Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87

New York Times, September 18, 2020

The second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg’s pointed and powerful dissenting opinions earned her late-life rock stardom.  [continued…]

Ruth Bader GinsburgUS Supreme Court

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