Thread by @meganfrancis

Part of the reason I LOVE 'Courts & Civil Liberties' is because I get to teach #GINSBURG

her principled decisions & fiery dissents--inspired a generation of my students to blaze their own trails & fight for justice

a few teaching highlights:

I assign this podcast about #Ginsburg as a young ACLU attorney...the first case she argued in front of the Supreme Court was about sex discrimination (against men)...and she won! wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radio…

^but to understand this case--you have to know about a Black woman named Pauli Murray who co-authored a law review article that was used by #Ginsburg in that landmark 1973 sex discrimination case
documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1000687209

On friendship w/Scalia & ideological disagreements. #Ginsburg is asked if she takes any of his critiques about her opinions personally: "I take it as a challenge...I try to figure out how to answer them in a way that is a real put down"

we stan.👑👑👑

Im old enough to have taught when parts of this country outlawed same-sex marriage

If yall knew how many LGBTQ students rolled up in my office after we listened to portions of oral arguments in:

- US v. Windsor
- Obergefell v. Hodges

"She is FIGHTING for US!" they told me

Or how about how #Ginsburg had ZERO time for the lies of groups trying to take away abortion access from women?

And when I posted this image in my powerpoint...students banged the desk

she made ppl...pushed out...feel seen

tho, for me...the student memories that always stick out the most are the number of women... who #Ginsburg inspired to go to law school, to never make themselves small, and to FIGHT for the rule of law

bc Ginsburg did; they could.

Finally, I'll never forget when students went from not knowing who Justice Ginsburg was to becoming the most recognized Justice on the SCOTUS.

Now, they all tell me her name is #RBG

thank you for giving me so much...I cant imagine teaching law & courts w/o you 🙏🏾