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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. How long did Ginsburg research cases and articles regarding gender in the law, when preparing a college course?

2. What does Ginsburg think of the expression, "women's rights"?

3. In 1837, Sara Grimke asked men to take their feet from what?

4. According to Ginsburg, how did Judges and legislators of the 1960s and part of the 1970s view differential treatment of men and women?

5. Why did Ginsburg pick the ACLU?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ginsburg believe it is important for the courts to stay out of the business of putting one religion and its beliefs up against another?

2. Why does Ginsburg’s believe that anti-abortion laws are dangerous?

3. What does Ginsburg say she would do if she were queen?

4. What is meant when Ginsburg quotes someone as saying the symbol of the U.S. is not the bald eagle but the pendulum?

5. What did the dean of Harvard Law School do to the women in the first-year class?

6. What does Ginsburg say about Judge Learned Hand?

7. Why did Judge Palmieri give Ginsburg a chance and hire her to be his law clerk?

8. What issues does Ginsberg have with Roe v. Wade?

9. What does Ginsburg say about someone having it all in life?

10. What does Ginsburg believe should be done regarding illegal immigrants?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ginsburg repeatedly mentions that the ‘40s, ‘50s, and ‘60s were dark days for the women’s rights movement. Why might this have been? What events might have led to this slowing of progress for women? How and why?

Essay Topic 2

Pregnant women, especially a few decades ago, were considered labor force outcasts. Why might this have been the case? Is this still the case today? Explain. What has been done to change this? What needs to be done or continue to be done to keep job opportunities open to pregnant women?

Essay Topic 3

In 2017, Ginsburg mentions in a speech that a great jurist once said the way to fight false facts is by true facts. What does this mean? How might this be important today? What might be the trouble with this fact finding and fighting?

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