Let us honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy with action.
Today, while the nation mourns the death of one of the most consequential figures on the Supreme Court in modern times, other forces are working to further decimate the democratic processes and take this nation another step closer to an autocracy. Robert Reich, as always, sums it up well.
Rushing to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, McConnell shows power trumps principle
The justice who died on Friday night stood for the integrity of democracy. The Senate leader stands only for Republican gains
Robert Reich
People in public life tend to fall into one of two broad categories – those motivated by principle, and those motivated by power.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday night at the age of 87, exemplified the first.
When he nominated her in 1993, Bill Clinton called her “the Thurgood Marshall of gender-equality law”, comparing her advocacy and lower-court rulings in pursuit of equal rights…
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