Kagan Says Her Path to Supreme Court Was Made Smoother by Ginsburg’s.

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They share New York City roots, a liberal outlook and a personal trainer. But a gap separates Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan, one they explored during an often lighthearted joint appearance last week at the New York City Bar Association.

Justice Ginsburg, 80, is the oldest member of the Supreme Court, and she came of age when many legal careers were closed to women. Justice Kagan, 53, is the court’s youngest member, and she seemed to have little trouble compiling a glittering résumé. She was the first female dean of Harvard Law School and the first female United States solicitor general.

“What explains this gulf between Justice Ginsburg’s experience and mine?” Justice Kagan asked. “In large part the answer is simply Justice Ginsburg. As a litigator and then as a judge she changed the face of American antidiscrimination law.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/us/kagan-says-her-path-to-supreme-court-was-made-smoother-by-ginsbergs.html?hp

[Jefferson23]

1. Ginsburg is awesome and so pleased to see she seems quite well...was afraid she would

not fair well from her diagnosis.

Did you see her embrace Obama at the State of the Union? lol...it may not be considered by
some to have been appropriate, but I disagree.

[elleng]

2. They've hugged at each State of the Union,

and its my favorite moment!

Very fortunately, she appears to have recovered from her maladies.