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Perspective

Nov. 10, 2015

How RBG and O'Connor defied the odds, and changed the world

A review of "Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World." By Tyna Thall Orren

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By Tyna Thall Orren

"How" a person did something can mean two things - what means the person used to bring about a result, or what the result was. "How" Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in the first of these senses of the word, got to the Supreme Court of the United States is illustrated by a piece of advice O'Connor gave Ginsburg when Ginsburg was diagnosed with cancer near the beginning during her seventh term on the court: ...

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