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" Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Capital

Reason

Arizona

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Diva

God

" Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade. "

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" I think a law clerk told me about this tumblr and also explained to me what Notorious RBG was a parody on. And now my grandchildren love it, and I try to keep abreast of the latest that's on the tumblr. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Think

Grandchildren

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Stage

Lucky

" The label 'liberal' or 'conservative,' any - every time I hear that, I think of the great Gilbert and Sullivan song from 'Iolanthe.' It goes, 'Every gal and every boy that's born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.' What do those labels mean? It depends on whose ox is being gored. "

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Decisions

Cannot

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