We Need to Save Abortion Rights. But Roe Isn’t Enough—and RBG Knew It.
Jeffrey Markowitz/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wanted more for women. While everyone has been screaming about Roe v. Wade since her death Friday night, it’s worth remembering that the beloved justice was famously critical of the landmark ruling, which…
“A Rock of Righteousness; and My Good, Good Friend”: SCOTUS Eulogizes Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sarah Silbiger/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a feminist icon, a tireless jurist, and a fearsome dissenter holding down the court’s liberal wing. But for the other members of the country’s highest court, where Ginsburg spent…
The New Republican Talking Point on Replacing RBG Before the Election is Nonsense
© Eli Imadali/TNS via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Within a few hours of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, an argument was beginning to crystallize on the right: the Senate needed to fill her vacancy on the Supreme Court, so as…
To Honor Ginsburg, Democrats Have One Choice: Go Nuclear
John Duricka/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.It’s a popular sentiment on the left: Don’t mourn, organize. But with the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, that won’t be enough. Ginsburg, a hero of female empowerment and of the Supreme Court,…
6 Iconic Photos from the Trailblazing Career of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, celebrating her 20th anniversary on the bench, is photographed in the West conference room at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday, August 30, 2013. Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post/ Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily…
The President May Have Been the Last Person in America to Find Out About RBG’s Death
President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Bemidji Regional Airport on September 18, 2020 in Bemidji, Minnesota.Stephen Maturen/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.While the whole country was processing the breaking news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader…