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When asked about Justice Antonin Scalia, with whom she has frequently disagreed on legal issues, Ginsburg called him a “wonderful shopper”—alluding to their recent trip to Calcutta—and “very charming...
Holding a dog-eared copy of the Constitution, a document which Ginsburg said she carries at all times, she pointed out the attached Declaration of Independence as a treatise showing the country’s respect for “what the rest of the world thought.” But she also suggested that the United States may have forgotten the importance of international opinion, citing a recent New York Times article about the decreased influence of Supreme Court decisions overseas...
...makes no sense to me that it would be somehow unpatriotic to look beyond our borders for enlightenment,” Ginsburg said. “I have often said, ‘If we don’t listen, we won’t be listened...
...Ginsburg also gave the audience an insider’s view of the current Supreme Court, praising the warmth and support of her fellow justices during her fight against cancer...
...different as we are in the way we approach some very hard questions, the court is a genuinely collegial place—more collegial than any law faculty,” said Ginsburg to laughter and applause. “And we genuinely like and care, not just respect, but care about each other...