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Ginsburg Speaks Up

As Supreme Court veers to the right, a new voice of dissent emerges

By Colleen Barry, Newser Staff

Posted May 31, 2007 9:18 AM CDT

(Newser) – Ruth Bader Ginsburg has delivered two withering oral dissents in the past six weeks, a radical departure from her previous conciliatory role. Linda Greenhouse speculates in today's Times that the unprecedented behavior may signal a new outspokenness for the Supreme Court's only female justice. "... Read full story »

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