Dolly Parton Tweets about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg (and some of RBG's accomplishments)

 Dolly Parton is such a class act. This is what she tweeted out on the weekend after learning of the

passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. We join Dolly Parton in honoring this amazing woman who made a lifetime of fighting for equal rights for women and minorities. She is an example for all people.

   If you are unfamiliar with some of RBG's Accomplishments look below the tweet.

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 Dolly Parton @DollyParton 

She was small in stature but even the tallest looked up to her. Her voice was soft but her message rang loud and clear and will echo forever. Thank you, RBG. Rest In Peace. 

Respectfully, Dolly Parton 

 WHO WAS JUSTICE GINSBERG?

Ginsburg has worked her entire career to eliminate gender-based stereotyping in legislation and regulations. Appointed Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by President William Clinton in 1993, she is the second woman to sit on the bench of the United States Supreme Court in its 212 year history

SOME OF JUSTICE GINSBERG'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

 1) She was a fierce advocate for women's rights - "I ask no favour for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks," she said in a 2018 documentary, RBG, about her life. In 1972, Ginsburg co-founded the Women's Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and, in 1973, she became the Project's general counsel. The Women's Rights Project and related ACLU projects participated in over 300 gender discrimination cases by 1974. 

A) A Woman's right to sign a mortgage without a man

B) A woman's right to have a bank account without a male co-signer

C) A woman's right to have a job without being discriminated against

D) The right for women to work and be pregnant and have children

 2) Historic Rulings: In 2015, Ginsburg sided with the majority in two landmark Supreme Court rulings. On June 25th she was one of the six justices to uphold a critical component of the 2010 Affordable Care Act — often referred to as Obamacare — in King v. Burwell. The decision allows the federal government to continue providing subsidies to Americans who purchase health care through "exchanges," regardless of whether they are state or federally operated. 

 3) On June 26, 2015 the Supreme Court handed down its second historic decision in as many days, with a 5–4 majority ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. Ginsburg is considered to have been instrumental in the decision, having shown public support for the idea in past years by officiating same-sex marriages and by challenging arguments against it during the early proceedings of the case. She was joined in the majority by Justices Anthony Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, with Roberts reading the dissenting opinion this time. 

 4) She asked tough questions and wrote tough dissents - On the Supreme Court, Bader developed a reputation as a tough questioner and emerged as part of its liberal faction with little tolerance for sexual discrimination.