[Gollum] Busy 271: Ginsburg's words that changed the climate of the times



"Let's be free to be you and me. If you are a girl, be free to do whatever you want, be it a doctor, a lawyer, or a Native American chief. If you are a boy, and that child is If you like teaching and caring and want a doll, that's okay too."



(For me) I was thinking about what kind of book would be good for the last bustling book in 2020, and I chose it with the heart of wanting to look back on this person's life.

Ruth Vader Ginsberg-aka RBG.

There is also a nickname from the rapper,'Notorious RBG'.

I am the Supreme Court Justice of the United States, who passed away on September 18.

As the second female Supreme Court Justice in the history of the United States, he has dedicated his entire life to the interests of women and minorities, and is particularly well known for having the most minority opinions within the Supreme Court.

From that alone, it is not easy to guess why the Supreme Court has even made a reputation as an'icon of the times'.

Check it out in his words.

[Ginsburg's Word], a collection of RBG's court opinions, lectures, and interviews, is my last bustle this year.



“The simplest and most capturing explanation for feminism is, “Let's be you and I freely” sung by Thomas in words... We all have to be able to freely develop our own talents, no matter what kind of talents we have, and artificial obstacles-by far the sky It means that it must not be obstructed by human-made obstacles that were not brought down.”



Law, Civil Liberties, and My Life This three-part book reads this at the head of the book.

If I summarized Ginsburg's life orientation, I wonder if it was like this.

Born in 1933, until she passed away at the age of 87, she had been constantly discriminated against, had to endure, or overcome discrimination to the point that she had set the record of being the first or second woman.

I expressed it like this.



“2 is a lucky number for me. Prior to moving to Columbia University, I was the second female professor at Rutgers University. I was also the second female professor at Columbia University, but the first female professor to be held for life. He became the second female judge and the second female Supreme Court of the United States.”



-If you look at Ginsburg's'Annual Report and Major Events' at the end of the book

<The Aaron Harbor Show>

, "After pregnancy, your position is demoted", "You graduate from law school as co-head... Each law firm you apply for is rejected", " There are also facts such as, "I hide my pregnancy from law school and my fellow professors at first because I may not be able to renew my contract the following year if my pregnancy is known."

These hurdles would have acted as a driving force in trying to resolve discrimination as women and minorities.

Furthermore, it is in contact with efforts to promote civil liberties.



“In 1837… the famous abolitionist and gender egalitarian Sarah Grimke… said in a loud voice, not an elegant voice.'I am not asking my brothers to do a favor just because I am a woman. "Get rid of those feet that are on your neck."

-January 17, 1973 Oral Pleading in Frontiero v. Richardson Case



"There were people who said this...'There are many other important things. Women have to wait. Women have to wait until racism is eradicated. When world peace is achieved. I have to wait until.'

"Women always wait."

-November


15, 2000, New York Bar Association



"As a professor at Riggers University, I was thinking about where to join, so I chose the American Civil Liberties Federation, or ACLU. The important thing is not women's rights, but citizens' rights. The rights of men as well as women were important. I called it the struggle for gender equal citizenship. Many of the cases we raised were representing men who were disadvantaged simply because they were men."



-Oct.

10, 2016, <Charlie Rose>

"The Supreme Court Justice Renquist said,'So Judge Ginsburg, you're saying that a new one-dollar coin with Susan B. Anthony's... face doesn't make you last name?'... I didn't come up with the answer, I think the best answer in my return car, so the best answer I could have was,'Okay, Judge. Coins aren't enough.'"-Jan 2005 On the 31st, when



Stephen Weinsenfeld, a single father at

Duke University Law School

, tried to receive social security benefits to support his son, he said that he could not receive benefits because he was not a single mother.The court and the public found that gender discrimination affects men as well as women. I filed this case with the Supreme Court to show it.

1975 <The Wineburger vs. Weinsenfeld Incident>.

The Supreme Court ruled that the gender discrimination inherent in Social Security laws discriminates against all three parties: a deceased wife, a surviving husband, and a baby.

Curtis Craig and the liquor dealer filed a lawsuit against Oklahoma law, which set men's drinking age higher than women's, and Ginsburg issued a court opinion on the case.

1976 <Craig vs. Boren Incident>.

The Supreme Court determines that Oklahoma law is unlawful, and that the gender-based distinction implied in state law requires a "proper investigation" thereafter.

A summary of the meaningful events Ginsburg was in charge of is also included in the'Annual and Major Events' at the end of the book.



“The judge should make a fair decision in each case, looking at the facts and whether it conforms to the law. However, if the judge is tempted to be attracted to what the'home crowd wants', it's time to stop resigning and look for other things. It's time to do it."

-July 1993 Response to Senate Judiciary Committee's Approval Questionnaire



"Judges should consider the climate of the time, not the weather of the day."

-July 1993, US Senate Judiciary Committee Approval Hearing



This book is not very thick as it is mainly made up of words, but if you don't know the context, you might be a little skeptical about what you mean.

The reading method of this book, recommended by reporter Lee Da-hye, who wrote the book is also helpful in that sense.



“…I recommend reading aloud. I want you to speak and hear, in your own voice, the languages ​​that Ruth Vader Ginsberg changed the world. Korea is a country with as much room for better as the United States, a strange and unequal Though it seems, you can meet a concept that was confused about how to express it in the form of a concrete language. Words are powerful, and the disciplined language possesses the power to persuade opposition in court and transform the world into an equal place than yesterday. "I want to resemble Ruth Vader Ginsberg a little bit more of the rigidity. This will be the ultimate beauty of language."



And one more thing, his thoughts on actively raising minority opinions.



"…But if it's an important issue… I'll go my way. For example, if it's a matter of freedom of expression and speech, gender equality, I'll never compromise… I believe most of the dissenting opinions I have presented will someday become law.”



* We received permission to read aloud from the publisher Maum Walk.



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