I was quite captivated by, and more than a little scared of, Notorious RBG after seeing this very well done and moving film. Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an intense, thoughtful jurist whose commitment to using law as a vehicle to enable equality of opportunity, is a remarkable testament to her courage and her determination. That took her from unemployment as a woman lawyer despite her making Harvard Law Review in year two of her program to a law school professorship and, eventually, the high court. Equally engaging, however, is her delightful love affair with her husband Martin, himself a stellar tax attorney. He is clearly the person who kept her centered and engaged in a world beyond the law itself, even as he supported and advocated for her ascension in the male dominated world of law. She’s short but tough, a workout fiend (not that I’m objecting), a close friend to Antonin Scalia (her political opposite), and a lover of opera. She’s not especially warm and fuzzy, as her kids make clear, and she can’t cook. And despite the calumnies and slanders visited upon her by right-wing shock jocks and defenders of the pre-Civil War social order, neither is she a ‘radical’. She’s a committed liberal constitutionalist. But we need her now more than ever. Her accurate but inappropriate statement about Herr Drumpf hurt not because they were wrong, but because she forgot for one moment that she can’t always say what she’s thinking about certain subjects. Still, her dissents, including her most recent on labor law, speak for hundreds of millions of Americans who are seeking to hold back the tide of reaction. At 84, she’s had two bouts with cancer, including pancreatic. She’s the only person I’ve ever heard surviving that one. This one is worth seeing to remind us about who she is – and isn’t, where she comes from, and why she –and the court – matters so much.