Ruth Bader Ginsburg : The architect of women rights will live forever

Popularly known as the second woman to engrave her name on the throne of America’s highest court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg would rather introduce herself as an independent, own person fighting for the next generation.

The court, on Friday, made public that Ginsburg died in Washington DC surrounded by family. While her battle against pancreatic cancer ended south, Ginsburg’s ideas of justice, gender, equality and culture are here to stay forever.

To quote Ginsburg from her 2002 interview with NPR,”Dissents speak to a future age. It’s not simply to say, ‘My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way.’ But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view. So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow.”

She was a teacher of principles and disciple of change, who served American justice for 27 long summers till her last breath. Her famous “I dissent,” to express her opinion during Bush v. Gore, which resolved the 2000 presidential election in favour of George W. Bush, had the power of democracy and the minorities of a country that is known for concepts like birtherism and racial debate.

“I tell law students, if you are going to be a lawyer and just practice your profession, you have a skill very much like a plumber. But if you want to be a true professional, you will do something outside yourself, something that makes life a little better for people less fortunate than you,” she had said, inspiring million others stepping into the community, where law is worshipped like Zeus of Greece.

Even with death knocking at her doors, RBG dictated a statement of strength when she told her granddaughter Clara Spera,”My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”

With her death causing a political crisis in America, the law of the world stands to praise the fight she led, for equality and passion. She stood tall and spoke bold, the story of a fighter from a Jewish family to three decades in the prestigious chair in the supreme court. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s story is an inspiration, for people to tell and keep democracy alive.