Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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On the Basis of Sex &#39;Sticks to the Rules,&#39; Unlike Its Subject
What Critics Are
Saying About 
the RBG Movie
MOVIE REVIEW
Jan 11, 2019 10:52 AM CST

What Critics Are Saying About the RBG Movie

'On the Basis of Sex' too formulaic for some

(Newser) - Felicity Jones is the Notorious RBG in On the Basis of Sex , a Mimi Leder-directed release recounting Ruth Bader Ginsberg's push for gender equality during the early part of her law career. Though the film—written by Ginsburg's own nephew, Daniel Stiepleman—has a decent 71% critic rating...

At Supreme Court Today, a Notable First

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, recuperating, misses oral arguments for first time in 25-year tenure

(Newser) - The big headline out of the Supreme Court on Monday has nothing to do the legalities of the two cases being argued. Instead, it's that Ruth Bader Ginsburg will miss oral arguments for the first time in her 25-year tenure, reports the AP . The 85-year-old is at home recuperating...

Ex-First Lady Passes Torch to Another as 'Most Admired Woman'

Michelle Obama takes crown from Hillary Clinton, winner since 2002; Barack Obama is men's victor

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has been named the most admired woman in Gallup's annual survey more than any other since Gallup started asking in 1946: 22 times, to be exact, including for each year since 2002. This year, however, another former first lady has finally knocked Clinton off the hill. Michelle...

Ginsburg Home From Hospital After Cancer Surgery

Supreme Court justice is recuperating after cancerous lung growths were removed

(Newser) - It's been a year of medical emergencies for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but the Supreme Court justice is now back home and recovering after her most recent health issue. Per CNN , a court spokeswoman revealed Wednesday that Ginsburg was discharged from NYC's Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital on Tuesday, four...

Ginsburg's Recent Fall May Have Had Silver Lining

Tests uncovered malignant growths, which have now been removed

(Newser) - Some scary news for fans of RBG: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Friday to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the Supreme Court said. It is the 85-year-old Ginsburg's third bout with cancer since joining the court in 1993, per the AP . The good news for...

RBG Out of Hospital and 'Doing Great'

The Supreme Court justice fractured three ribs

(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg is on the mend after falling and fracturing three ribs. Her nephew, Daniel Stiepleman, said Thursday that the 85-year-old Supreme Court Justice was “up and working” and “doing great,” adding that she’s cracking jokes, Reuters reports. Stiepleman, who wrote the script for a...

3 Broken Ribs for Ruth Bader Ginsburg After Fall at Work

Supreme Court justice took a tumble Wednesday night

(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg is "notorious" for, among other things, her killer workouts , which is maybe why the fit 85-year-old justice brushed off a tumble she took Wednesday evening at her office. However, the Supreme Court issued a statement Thursday noting that after she went home, Ginsburg had "discomfort...

GOP Congressman Makes 'Inappropriate' Joke About RBG, Lincoln

SC rep Ralph Norman's 'groping' humor isn't going over well

(Newser) - "Scattered nervous laughter" was the first response to a joke a GOP congressman made during an election debate in South Carolina on Thursday, notes Roll Call . But disgust and "condemnation" took over afterward toward what some called an "inappropriate" reference to sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Talks Future on Supreme Court

She says she's got 5 years left

(Newser) - If there's a third vacancy on the Supreme Court during President Trump's first term, it won't be the result of Ruth Bader Ginsburg stepping down. The 85-year-old justice said Sunday that her senior colleague, John Paul Stevens, stepped down when he was 90, so she thinks she...

Supreme Court Sides With Employers in Big Labor Case

Says companies can restrict workers' ability to band together in complaints

(Newser) - The Supreme Court says employers can prohibit their workers from banding together to complain about pay and conditions in the workplace. The justices ruled 5-4 Monday, with the court's conservative members in the majority, that businesses can force employees to individually use arbitration to resolve disputes, per the AP...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#39;s Workout Is No Joke
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's
Workout Is No Joke
essay
Feb 27, 2017 8:02 PM CST

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Workout Is No Joke

Politico writer sets out to see how hard it is

(Newser) - With Democrats fearful that some ill might befall Ruth Bader Ginsburg, leaving another opening on the Supreme Court for President Trump to fill, Ben Schreckinger set out to determine just how fit the 83-year-old RBG is. To do so, he went to Ginsburg's personal trainer Bryant Johnson—whom she...

Notorious RBG Makes Opera Debut
Notorious RBG
Makes Opera Debut
Nov 13, 2016 9:33 AM CST

Notorious RBG Makes Opera Debut

Bader Ginsburg gets her first speaking role at Washington National Opera

(Newser) - The curtain rose on Act 2 of "The Daughter of the Regiment," revealing a tiny woman barely visible in a large dome chair with her back to the audience. Suddenly, she swiveled around—and there was Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, reports the AP . Cheers and prolonged applause rang...

Who RBG Thinks Is 'Dumb': NFL Anthem Protesters

And 'disrespectful,' she tells Katie Couric—but she wouldn't arrest them for it

(Newser) - Since NFL player Colin Kaepernick first refused to stand for the national anthem in August, he (and other protesters in the sports arena who've followed suit) has had his share of supporters and detractors . Count Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the latter category after a Yahoo interview Monday with Katie...

RBG Isn&#39;t Retiring Anytime Soon
RBG Isn't
Retiring
Anytime
Soon
Oct 3, 2016 12:05 PM CDT

RBG Isn't Retiring Anytime Soon

Bader Ginsburg says she'll keep going on Supreme Court until she can't do it 'full-steam'

(Newser) - As the Supreme Court starts its new term Monday and the gossip mill restarts on who will fill Antonin Scalia's empty seat, there's at least one other judge's chair that's not being willingly relinquished in the near future. Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat down for an interview...

Ginsburg: I Shouldn't Have Trashed Trump

Supreme Court justice says she shouldn't have spoken about a candidate for public office

(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been roundly criticized since slagging Donald Trump in multiple interviews over the past week. On Thursday, the Supreme Court justice conceded that perhaps it wasn't a well-thought-out campaign after all, the Wall Street Journal reports. "On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press...

Ginsburg Blew It With Trump Remarks
 Ginsburg Blew 
 It With Trump 
 Remarks 
OPINION
Jul 13, 2016 1:46 PM CDT

Ginsburg Blew It With Trump Remarks

Critics say her disparagement of Donald was 'unethical' and costs her credibility

(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg would probably need something harder than a bottle of fine California wine to get her to vote for Donald Trump in November—in fact, she doesn't even want to think about him as president, as she told the AP in an interview last week before piling...

Trump on Ginsburg: I Hope She 'Gets Off the Court'

He slams her SCOTUS justice's 'highly inappropriate' comments about him

(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been criticized by analysts for her recent anti-Trump remarks , and now Donald Trump himself is getting in on it. "I think it’s highly inappropriate that a United States Supreme Court judge gets involved in a political campaign, frankly," Trump told the New York ...

Ginsburg's Trump Remarks Could Be Problematic

Critics say partisan comments could come back to haunt her

(Newser) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is known for being outspoken but she should have kept her thoughts about Donald Trump to herself, critics say. The Supreme Court justice told the AP she couldn't imagine what the country would be like under Trump and joked to the New York Times about...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Definitely Isn't a Trump Fan

And she has a prediction for the upcoming election

(Newser) - The AP sat down for an interview with the Supreme Court's elder stateswoman, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who had some thoughts on the upcoming presidential election. Or, more accurately, a lack of thoughts. "I don't want to think about that possibility," Ginsberg says regarding a President...

Supreme Court: Illegally Obtained Evidence Is OK

5-3 ruling bolsters police power

(Newser) - A divided Supreme Court bolstered police powers on Monday, ruling that evidence of a crime in some cases may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it, the AP reports. The 5-3 decision drew heated dissents from liberal justices who warned...

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