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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

US Supreme Court Justice, 1993 to 2020

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Won landmark gender-equality cases as a lawyer, then served 27 years on the Supreme Court, where she became a liberal icon through her dissents.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, strongly progressive on culture and leaning libertarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Social liberalismDefends individual rights and open societies while backing public services and equal…99%Nordic modelPairs open markets and high trust with high taxes, strong unions and generous public…98%Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…98%KeynesianismSupports government spending and central bank action to smooth recessions and protect…97%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Supreme Court of the United States, Photographer: Steve Petteway [1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.