“When I’m sometimes asked ‘When will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]?’ and I say ‘When there are nine.’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.”
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Notorious R.B.G. had a run in with a stomach bug last week and it reminded me how lucky we are to have her voice in one of the biggest courtrooms – scratch that, the biggest courtroom – in America. If you haven’t seen the CNN documentary on her incredible life I highly recommend it. You can check out the trailer here.
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Riddle from the Middle 
I am a huge fan of RBG! She is absolutely right – no one thought anything out of the ordinary with 9 men on the Supreme Court!
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So true!!
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Now that would be a sight to see. Cheers to one day having NINE!!!!
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YES.
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I do think that women will eventually save this world.
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I believe that as well.
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Great quote. We need more women like RBG in all areas of government and all the halls of justice.
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So true. Any room without a single woman (or, dare I suggest it, more than one) is missing the perspective of half the population. I loved how many women ran for office in 2016 for just this reason.
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RBG is awesome and correct.
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She is TOTALLY awesome. Wonder what it would be like to hear her speak!
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That would be on my bucket list.
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Love this! She’s right, of course.
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Absolutely right. 🙂
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yes, very true. and we have to take good care of her
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Honestly, I pray so hard for that woman. I had no idea how much she’d accomplished in her life so far before I watched that CNN special. She really is incredible!
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Sadly so true. For all the so called progress we have made we are so stuck in the Victorian times in far too many areas.
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I think of myself as a progressive but *I* had that weird reaction when I first heard “when there are nine”. Her logic is unassailable. Sometimes the lessons of patriarchy are buried so deep we don’t even realize we’re in it.
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I’ve read that quote before and I love seeing it! Why shouldn’t there be 9 women? Why would that be strange? Fabulous! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
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Agreed! 🙂
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