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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

born 1933

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The 2nd Amendment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠outdated, in the sense that its function has become obsolete.

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The 2nd Amendment (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠important when the nation was new, but it was for one purpose only, and that was the purpose of having militiamen who were able to fight to preserve the nation.

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The 2nd Amendment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠historically rooted in the fact that the new government had no money to pay for an army so men were required to serve in the state militias and were required to have the necessary weapons if they were called to do service as militiamen.

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Abortion (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the state controlling a woman, and thus amounts to denying her full autonomy and full equality.

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Abortion (n.) necessarily ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠and only affects poor women in that woman of means will never again be without choice and can always travel to a pro-choice state.

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Active liberty (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not about allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all groups have a chance to fully participate in society and the political process.

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Capital punishment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a sentence that people who are well represented at trial do not get.

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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a wrongheaded decision, for the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

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Congress (n.) could ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠always stop the President if it thinks that what the President has done exceeds the President's authority or is just wrong for the United States.

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The Constitution of the US (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠since the end of World War II, always inclusive of a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.

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The Constitution of the US (n.) will ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.

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A Dissenting opinion (legal) (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like briefs, to be written with the intention to persuade. And sometimes one must be forceful about saying how wrong the Court's decision is.

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Dissenting opinion (legal) (n.) speak ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to a future age.

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Dissenting opinion (legal) (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not simply to say, my colleagues are wrong; rather, it is written for tomorrow, as the greatest dissents become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view.

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Equality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the principle at the heart of the Constitution, and it is important to make it everything the founders would have wanted it to be if they weren't held back by the society in which they lived and particularly the shame of slavery.

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Establishment Clause of the US Constitution (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠designed precisely to preclude such things as approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation insofar as this can be perceived as favoring one religion over another.