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Assignment:

Watch the film and answer and the questions as concise as possible

After the film:

1. What qualities does Ruth have which most enhanced her ability to succeed?
2. How did Ruth's personal experiences lead her to focus on arguing sex discrimination cases?
3. Ruth's political beliefs are liberal and progressive, and yet she was close friends with the late Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the most conservative justices on the Supreme Court. How do you explain their friendship? Could you be friends with someone who does not share your religious and/or political beliefs?
4. Icon is defined as, "a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something." What does Ruth symbolize?
5. Supreme Court Justices are not supposed to openly discuss or advertise their opinions on political candidates. Yet prior to the 2016 election, Ruth Bader Ginsburg made highly critical remarks about Donald Trump, for which she later apologized. What is your opinion on judges maintaining discretion about politics?
6. Ginsburg was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1993 by Democratic President Bill Clinton, after which there was a confirmation hearing and subsequent congressional vote to confirm the nomination. Often, such votes are split along party lines. Yet, despite Ginsburg's outspoken opinions in favor of abortion rights and equality for women, the vote was 96 to 3 in her favor. Why did she have almost unanimous bipartisan support from congress despite her strong views?

The name of the film is called RBG