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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, “If Ruth and I came of age in a time when there was no discrimination against women, we would be retired partners in a major law firm”?

2. What would relieve the Court’s uneasiness in the gray zone between interpretation and amendment of the Constitution?

3. What does Ginsburg believe Thomas Jefferson would do regarding how the idea of equality has expanded over the decades?

4. Why does Ginsburg believe the law exists?

5. What is the basic statement in the Declaration of Independence that all persons are equally entitled to fundamental human rights?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ginsburg believe regarding the area of law appropriate for women?

2. What does Ginsburg think of campaign finance regulation?

3. What are the hardest cases for Ginsburg and why does she believe she must still be involved in them?

4. What concerns Ginsburg regarding feminism and feminist legal theory, in particular?

5. What does Ginsburg say regarding studies on job satisfaction for those in the legal profession?

6. What does Ginsburg say about our common law system of adjudication and settling matters?

7. How did Ginsburg and the Women's Rights Project go about dismantling discrimination laws?

8. How does Ginsburg, in a way, disagree with Hamilton's comment that the judiciary was the least dangerous branch because it possessed neither the purse nor the sword?

9. What does a University of Michigan survey say about lawyers who have graduated from their law school?

10. Why does Ginsburg think it is important to ask the question, "Is this dissent or concurrence really necessary?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ginsburg strongly believes that the Courts would benefit from adopting the Equal Rights Amendment. What is the Equal Rights Amendment, based on what has been said in this book? How would the Courts benefit? Why might someone oppose the inclusion of the Equal Rights Amendment?

Essay Topic 2

What does Ginsburg say about the role of the judge? What people and events in her life have influenced this attitude? What does she say about the problems that can arise if a judge does not agree with her? How does she feel the appointment for life as a Supreme Court Justice aid the judges in doing their jobs as she believes they should be done?

Essay Topic 3

Multiple times Ginsburg compares other branches of the government to that of the judicial branch. What does she say about these other branches? How do they compare to the judicial branch? Why might Ginsburg make these comparisons? What does this reveal about her opinions regarding the other branches of government? Do you agree with her? Why or why not?

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