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6 Lincoln Mem'l U. L. Rev. 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/lmulr6 and id is 1 raw text is: LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW VOLUME 6 SPRING 2019 ISSUE 1 RUTH BADER GINSBURG: EXAMINING HER PATH TO THE HIGH COURT BENCH AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE ACLU By Jennifer L. Brinkleyl ABSTRACT This paper examines Justice Ginsburg's history, her impassioned activism on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, her confirmation to the United States Supreme Court, and the partisan politics of 2016, which resulted in the failed nomination of moderate jurist, Chief Judge Merrick Garland. I. INTRODUCTION While preparing for her Senate confirmation hearing in 1993, White House staffers interrogated Judge Ginsburg 1 Jennifer L. Brinkley is a Pedagogical Assistant Professor of Paralegal Studies at Western Kentucky University. Her research interests include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, gender and the judiciary, and women and the law in Bosnia-Herzegovina. She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law and a Master of Arts in Criminology from Western Kentucky University. The author would like to thank Dr. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Dr. Holli Drummond, Professor Julie Shadoan, Dr. Amy Krull, Assistant Dean Lori Ringhand, Dr. Jerry Daday, Alan Logsdon, Tracy Bryant, Rosemary Meszaros, Representatives Linda and Larry Belcher, David Brinkley, and Gauge Brinkley.

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