The passing of the pre-eminent advocate for women’s rights is a big loss for progressive movement in the U.S.
The passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is tantamount to a major loss for the progressive movement in that country, as it leaves the highest court, already leaning conservative, firmly in the grasp of those who might rewrite the law on the issues such as reproductive rights, immigration, healthcare and more.
She leaves behind a legacy of courageous litigation campaigns and far-reaching jurisprudence that altered prejudices embedded deep within U.S. law, which would otherwise have denied women their rightful place as the equals of men in the sphere of civil liberties and economic rights. The landscape of U.S. law on administering estates, for example, today reflects the seminal contribution of Justice Ginsburg in the form of her early challenge to…