“Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg was a titan – a relentless defender of justice and a legal mind for the ages”, Kamala Harris.
Shoko Kambara and I designed this coloring page to celebrate the legacy of RBG. The steps of the Supreme Court have been blanketed with a collection of flowers, signs and prayer candles left by thousands of mourners who visited the steps of the court to pay their respects in the wake of Ginsburg's passing this last Friday.
As a law professor and leader of the ACLU project she took on groundbreaking cases to build constitutional protections against gender discrimination. The legal crusade quickly unleashed profound changes in the law and daily life. But Ginsburg took decades and a lot of lobbying by her husband. After getting passed over 3 times President Clinton nominated Ginsburg to be a federal judge in 1993. People were surprised that the ACLU activist turned out to be a very moderate judge, a centrist who often sided with conservatives.
She was a champion of gender discrimination, abortion rights, search and seizure, and international law. As a gay man I was thrilled to see the court rule on June 15 that the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1962 protects gay and transgender people from workplace discrimination. “Until Monday’s decision, it was legal in more than half of the states to fire workers for being gay, bisexual or transgender. The vastly consequential decision thus extended workplace protections to millions of people across the nation, continuing a series of Supreme Court victories for rights”, Adam Liptak, the NY Times. The decision if the first major case on transgender rights. We have a lot of work to do, let’s keep moving forward!
The notorious R.B.G. with be missed. The president that wins the election must name her successor.