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Commentary: It’s hard to find heroes on today’s Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a discussion at the Georgetown University Law Center on Feb. 10, 2020, in Washington, D.C..

A photo of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is pinned by a magnet to my refrigerator door, nestled among pictures of my grandchildren. With her head bowed, she is reading briefs during intermission at Arena Stage’s 2018 production of August Wilson’s “Two Trains Running” in Washington.

I saw her numerous times at cultural events in D.C. during my eight years there. But I never introduced myself or told her she was my hero. I feared being embarrassingly inarticulate.

Imagine having a hero on today’s Supreme Court, with its

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