Я был неправ, она была любима, но Бог пометил шельму.
A few days after graduating from Cornell, Ruth Bader married
Martin D. Ginsburg, later an internationally prominent tax lawyer, and then (after they moved from New York to Washington DC, upon her accession to the D.C. Circuit) professor of law at
Georgetown University Law Center. Their daughter
Jane (born 1955) is a professor at
Columbia Law School, and their son
James Steven Ginsburg (born 1965) is founder and president of
Cedille Records, a
classical-music recording company based in
Chicago,
Illinois.
After the birth of their daughter, her husband was diagnosed with
testicular cancer. During this period, Ginsburg attended class and took notes for both of them; typed her husband's papers to his dictation; and cared for their daughter and her sick husband – all while making the
Harvard Law Review. They celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on June 23, 2010. Martin Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic cancer on June 27, 2010.
[32]Some Supreme Court justices and other prominent figures attend the
Red Mass held every fall in Washington, DC at the
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Ginsburg explained her reason for no longer attending: "I went one year, and I will never go again, because this sermon was outrageously anti-abortion," Ginsburg said.
[33] "Even the Scalias – although they're much of that persuasion – were embarrassed for me."
[34]Illness
Ginsburg was diagnosed with
colon cancer in 1999 and underwent surgery followed by chemotherapy and
radiation therapy. During the process, she did not miss a day on the bench.
[35] On February 5, 2009, she again underwent surgery related to
pancreatic cancer.
[36] Ginsburg's tumor was discovered at an early stage.
[36] Ginsburg was released from a New York City hospital, eight days after the surgery and heard oral arguments again four days later.
On September 24, 2009, Ginsburg was hospitalized in Washington DC for lightheadedness following an outpatient treatment for
iron deficiency and was released the following day.
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