Saturday Night Live‘s Season 46 premiere paid tribute to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18 at the age of 87. As Weekend Update drew to a close, Kate McKinnon — whose impersonation of Ginsberg has become the stuff of SNL legend — appeared in character as the Notorious RBG, seated […]
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice, Dead at 87
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87, according to NPR. The cause of death was complications from cancer; Ginsburg had battled pancreatic cancer for years, undergoing several surgeries that required her to step aside from the court. Days before her death, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara […]
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has left hospital after cancer surgery on Friday and should be at home in time to catch the new feature film about her
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been released from hospital following cancer surgery, Reuters reports A spokeswoman for the court, Kathy Arberg, says that Ginsburg is now recuperating at home. On Monday, Associated Press reported that ‘RBG’ was up and working just a few days after undergoing surgery for lung cancer. The 85-year-old Ginsburg will be […]
‘On the Basis of Sex’ Review: A Competent Case for Ruth Bader Ginsburg the Icon, But Not the Human Being
There’s a scene in almost every teen TV drama where the teacher describes the theme of the episode that will come to pass over the next 45 minutes. The majority of On the Basis of Sex is like that. The Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic stars Felicity Jones as the trailblazing lawyer who later becomes one […]
‘On the Basis of Sex’ Director Mimi Leder Says the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Story is the Story of Change [Interview]
On the Basis of Sex is the story of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Not the Supreme Court Justice we know now, but the Ruth Bader Ginsburg who was one of the first female students at Harvard Law School, who began her legal career fighting to overturn a case of gender discrimination. Felicity Jones plays Ruth and […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer for women’s rights even before she was on the Supreme Court
Before Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a Supreme Court justice, she was widely acknowledged as a trailblazer in establishing women’s rights. As a lawyer who played a prominent role in several Supreme Court cases, Ginsburg’s work against sex discrimination helped to change the way we all think about women. In 1971, Ginsburg wrote a brief that persuaded […]
The Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Getting a Biopic, And She’ll Be Played By Felicity Jones
Felicity Jones will take her battles from the cosmos to the courtroom in a biopic about Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Rogue One: A Star Wars story actress is set to don the robes of the notorious feminist icon in the biographical film On the Basis of Sex, taking over the role from […]