Notorious RBG, The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Irin Carmon & Shana Khizhnik
(4.0)
You’ve got to love a book that melds a bigger than life rapper
with a stoic and influential Supreme Court justice. Many people are aware that
RBG, as she is referred to far too often in this book, has accumulated a cult
following among millennials, that she had a close relationship to Antonin
Scalia and that she was only the second female justice on SCOTUS. This book
brought to life many other things about the justice that were new to me: her accomplishments
for women’s rights throughout her career, how thoughtful she was in terms of
picking her battles, her ridiculous fitness (she can still do 20 push-ups at
83!) and her wonderful 60 yr relationship with her husband, Marty. I enjoyed
reading about her life, both in the court and how she has attempted to find
balance (harder once Marty passed away). The form of the book is fun –
pictures, tributes and legal writings interspersed with the narrative, all
which helped me get through the drier legal bits. I already had a good
impression of Justice Ginsburg, but after reading this book I have far more
respect for her approach to the law and the other judges.
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