.@AdeleScalia inspired me. Justice Ginsburg was more than a seat on #SCOTUS. Let’s tweet accordingly (thread)
Justice Ginsburg passed away yesterday after a long battle with cancer. She fought hard to continue serving as long as she could, including participating in oral arguments from a hospital room in May. She embraced suffering for what she believed to be a just cause. (1/5)
She had a remarkable legal career. A gifted advocate and legal strategist at the ACLU, she then served on the DC Circuit and spent nearly three decades on SCOTUS. She was a trailblazer in a generation in which few women would become lawyers, much less make it to #SCOTUS. (2/5)
She was unfailingly civil in her treatment of lawyers and forged strong friendships across the ideological divide. She knew that people she disagreed with were good human beings, worthy of friendship and respect. (3/5)
In the past 10 years, she reminded us that #religiousfreedom is bipartisan and protected it in unanimous decisions like Hosanna-Tabor (protecting church autonomy), Holt v. Hobbs (Muslim prisoner’s religious rights), and McCullen v. Coakley (free speech/ buffer zones). (4/5)
As the country mourns her passing, we can celebrate her legacy of rulings for religious liberty, including in several Becket cases, that will protect the freedom of all Americans for years to come. (5/5)
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