My very favorite Supreme Court Justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has pancreatic cancer. She is undergoing surgery.
She the only woman serving on the Supreme Court right now. She was the second woman ever appointed to the Court.
In the 60s and 70s she was known for her work in women's rights. More recently, she was a prominent dissenting opinion the Ledbetter vs Goodyear case. The case went in favor of Goodyear (against Fair Pay, essentially). As a result, the legislature overturned the decision and President Obama recently signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, righting the wrong Ginsburg so passionately wrote about.
Currently, the Supreme Court often split 5-4 in favor of more conservative decisions. If Ginsburg were to step down because of her illness, there would not necessarily be a shift in that majority/minority.
Full covereage on NPR at
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