RESPECTING DISSENT: JUSTICE GINSBURG'S CRITIQUE OF THE TROUBLING INVOCATION OF APPEARANCE.

An essay is presented on U.S. Supreme Court (USSC) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her dissenting opinions in the two USSC cases Baze v. Rees and Gonzales v. Carhart, and appearance-based defenses. According to the article, the Baze case deals with alternative lethal injection monitoring procedures and...

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Published in:	Harvard Law Review Vol. 127; no. 1; pp. 478 - 481
Main Author:	Tribe, Laurence H.
Format:	Essay
Published:	Harvard Law Review Association Nov2013
Subjects:	Dissenting opinions (Law) Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020 Baze v. Rees United States. Constitution. 8th Amendment Dilatation & extraction abortion Gonzales v. Carhart Lethal injection (Execution) Abortion laws Political attitudes United States
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Summary:	An essay is presented on U.S. Supreme Court (USSC) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her dissenting opinions in the two USSC cases Baze v. Rees and Gonzales v. Carhart, and appearance-based defenses. According to the article, the Baze case deals with alternative lethal injection monitoring procedures and the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, while the Carhart case addresses a woman's autonomy and an abortion-related health exception. "Partial-birth" abortions and infanticide are examined.