Imagine being very smart and having much knowledge, but everything is on your way from showing it to the world. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of the few women who attended Harvard for law in the 1950s. Sonia Sotomayor is a Latina woman who also faced discrimination and challenges in pursuing her dream. In "Supreme Court Justices Gisburg and Sotomayor," these women face challenges of discrimination, disease, and injustice that they overcame to become greatly successful. Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought discrimination and injustice because of her gender so that she could accomplish her dream of being a lawyer. "Source 1: Ruth Bader Ginsburg" from "Supreme Court Justices Gisburg and Sotomayor" states, "She was one of only nine women in a class of 600 …show more content…
Ginsburg continues her studies and becomes the first female tenured professor at Columbia University later on. The "Source 1: Ruth Bader Ginsburg" also states, "Justice Ginsburg's experiences led her to work toward equal rights for women.... She worked as a lawyer on their [Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union] behalf and argued six cases on gender equality before the Supreme Court. She won five of them." This means that although she was discouraged by many people, Ginsburg didn't let that stop her from becoming an attorney who argued cases for people with the same experiences as her. She helped many people by taking hers and other people's experiences and turning it into something great that would affect many women, and men. The challenges Ginsburg faced impacted her greatly, from discrimination to injustice, these contributed to her success in her dream. Sonia Sotomayor faced many hardships along the way in her dream of becoming a lawyer. Some of these include diseases, hardship, and
women, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, had rough lives living as women in the late 1900s. While in "Source 1: Ruth Bader Ginsburg", the unknown author explains Ginsburg's rough life living with her sharp intelligence and being one of the few women in classes, the author of "Source 2: Sonia Sotomayor" informs the reader about Sotomayor's tough life in general. Both Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg lived through a hard time, but still developed into amazing women. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The U.S. Supreme Court, also known as SCOTUS is the highest federal court within the United States. This congregation of power maintains jurisdiction over all federal and state court cases which involve federal law. The Supreme Court was established 228 years ago by the constitution in the year of 1789 on June, 21. Within article three of the constitution, the powers of the Supreme Court are listed in detail. Article three within the constitution states, “The judicial power of the United States,
state representative? Dr. Eileen Christoforatos: I think it’s Lou Barletta. He’s from Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Interviewer: Name three of the current Supreme Court Justices. Dr. Eileen Christoforatos: Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Interviewer: Some people feel that the only way to improve public education without spending more money is by cutting the red tape and bureaucracy so that it makes it easier for teachers and principals to do their jobs, do you agree
The Judicial Branch clarifies and assigns the laws. It provides the working for the disagreements. The Judicial Branch doesn’t make the laws or enforces the laws, but it explains and assigns the laws. The judicial branch is made up of all the court systems. The Supreme Court is the highest court in the judicial branch. The courts decide the disagreements about the laws and how they should be assigned. The supreme court only hears cases that have made their way through all of the courts. Once the
Justice for 2 years before selected as Chief Justice, the position he has held for 9 years. Associate Justices include Antonin Scalia of 28 years; Anthony Kennedy of 27 years; Clarence Thomas of 23 years; Ruth Bader Ginsburg of 21 years; Stephen Breyer of 21 years; Samuel Alito of 9 years; Sonia Sotomayor of 6 years; and Elena Kagan of 5 years (http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx).
The Supreme Court is the highest judicial body in the United States. Since its creation in 1789, 112 justices have served on the Court. Of these 112 justices, four of them are women. President Ronald Reagan appointed the first female justice, Sandra Day O’Connor, in 1981; she served for 25 years. Sandra Day O’Connor changed the face of women in politics. Men dominated the Supreme Court yet Sandra Day O’Connor made strides in feminist politics and women's rights by breaking the glass ceiling in the
The president is given the powers to: serve as the commander in chief of all U.S. armed forces, commission officers of the armed forces, grant pardons and reprieves from Federal offenses with the exception of impeachments, hold special sessions of Congress, receive foreign ambassadors, ensure Federal laws are executed, wield the “executive power” and appoint officials to lesser offices. The president shares the following powers with the senate: the ability to make treaties and appoint ambassadors