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    Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life and Work

    Written by Victoria Ortiz

    Narrated by Lisa Larsen

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    Dramatically narrated case histories from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's stellar career are interwoven with an account of her life—including her childhood, family, beliefs, many faceted personality, education, marriage, children, legal and judicial career, and other achievements. The cases described, many involving young people, demonstrate her passionate concern for gender equality, fairness, and our constitutional rights.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateJun 4, 2019
    ISBN9781974949298
    Author

    Victoria Ortiz

    Victoria Ortiz graduated from Barnard College and the City University of New York Law School. She has worked as a high-school teacher, as a college teacher, as an attorney, and as dean of students at several law schools. Her published work includes Spanish for Lawyers, a unique manual for law students and lawyers who need to discuss legal matters in the Spanish language. Now retired, she lives with her wife in the Bay Area.

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    • 3/5
      Not 100% linear and not exactly groundbreaking; but still a wonderful introduction to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and work. Not only does it highlight RBG's work as a supreme court judge, but it also paints a broad picture of all the landmark cases that she worked on as a lawyer for the ACLU , as a law professor, and as US Court of Appeals judge. This book's primary audience will be tweens and teens, but could also get reluctant adult readers a good overview. Filled with pictures, court cases, and law terms; this book could really get a kid jazzed about how crucial the law can be. Peppered throughout the book is a bit about RBG's personal life; her kids, wonderful husband, and the unconventional family unit they had as a young family. A good intro on the wonderful things that Ginsburg has accomplished for the betterment of this country that will get any reader pumped up to read more.
    • 5/5
      "Dissenter on the Bench," by Victoria Ortiz, is an entertaining and informative overview of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and work. The book opens with Ortiz presenting the case of Savana Lee Redding, a thirteen-year-old who was an honor student in an Atlanta school in 2003. Much to her horror, two of Savana's classmates falsely accused her of distributing drugs. As a result, at the direction of the assistant principal, not only did school authorizes go through Savana's personal possessions, but they also strip-searched her without her or her parents' permission. Even after they found no contraband, the authorities did not apologize to the girl, who was left crying and traumatized. Savana left the school permanently, and her parents contacted the American Civil Liberties Union. Adam Wolf, Redding's attorney, argued that Savana's fourth amendment rights had been violated. In 2009, the case reached the United States Supreme Court. The court ruled in Savana's favor, eight votes to one. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped convince her colleagues that the assistant principal's "treatment of young Savana was 'abusive and it was not reasonable for him to believe that the law permitted it.'"

      This opening chapter sets the stage for the remarkable true story of Joan Ruth Bader, who was born in 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. Bader was a voracious reader, musician, and top student who was popular with her peers and participated in a variety of extracurricular activities. Ruth was mature for her age, and in 1946 she wrote: "No one can feel free from danger and destruction until the many torn threads of civilization are bound together again." Having grown up in the shadow of the Great Depression, the Nazi onslaught, and McCarthyism, Ruth understood the importance of "kindness, justice, and fairness for everyone."

      "Dissenter on the Bench" provides terrific lessons about the American judicial system and shows us how cases are handled at every level, from the lowest to the highest court in the land. Ortiz discusses Ginsburg's career as a lawyer, judge, law school professor, and revered member of the Supreme Court since 1993, and also focuses on her outstanding personal qualities. Justice Ginsburg works tirelessly; pays meticulous attention to detail; has a wonderful sense of humor; and is collegial towards her fellow justices (she was a close friend of the late Justice Scalia, with whom she differed on many issues). In addition, we learn about Ginsburg's volunteer work for the ACLU, and her support of such issues as equal pay for equal work, desegregation in education, and freedom of expression. The author provides many examples of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's efforts to safeguard the protections that the U. S. Constitution affords to all people, "regardless of their race, gender, religion, national origin, status, or wealth." This enlightening and inspiring work of non-fiction provides a well-rounded picture of a much-admired national figure.
    • 4/5
      Dissenter on the Bench by Victoria Ortiz is a well-packaged presentation for young adults who are interested in powerful stories of historical strong women. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life story, in this version, will appeal to young adults because while it reads in a non-linear historical fashion, the chapters and stories unfold (in the audio version, particularly) as told by a voice who speaks with a younger style, and the perspective of a young Ruth (or, Joan Ruth, as she starts named in the story) and why she changes her name and where her strong value system starts, which will definitely appeal to current younger readers. Actual descriptions of the court process and structure may be more detail than some students are interested in yet the facts are nicely interspersed with the story elements so feel part of the drama rather than feeling like a historical textbook.