Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Difference between revisions

In 2019 Ginsburg and the [[Dwight D. Opperman]] Foundation established the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award.<ref name=NYTimes3.15.24>{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Minho |date=2024-03-15 |title=After R.B.G. Awards Go to Musk and Murdoch, Justice Ginsburg's Family Objects |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/us/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-leadership-award.html |access-date=2024-03-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Ginsburg presented the first award in Febraury 2020 to arts patron and philanthropist [[Agnes Gund]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-06 |title=Ginsburg to present award named for her to philanthropist |url=https://apnews.com/ginsburg-to-present-award-named-for-her-to-philanthropist-e829dc288cf550d704e7dea7bc420705 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> In March 2024, the organization had changed its award guidelines, with four of the five awards going to men. Notably, the list included [[Elon Musk]] and [[Rupert Murdoch]], two right-wing leaningconservative billionaires, whose views are seen as incompatible with the liberal justice's; her family distanced itself from the award and asked for her name to be removed from it.<ref name=NYTimes3.15.24/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sneed |first=Tierney |date=2024-03-15 |title=Ruth Bader Ginsburg's family dissents after award in her name is given to Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/15/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-award-elon-musk-rupert-murdoch-sylvester-stallone-martha-stewart-michael-milken/index.html |access-date=2024-03-16|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-15 |title=Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Family Denounces RBG Awards Going To Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rbg-family-calls-out-foundation-award-recipients-elon-musk-rupert-murdoch_n_65f4b08ee4b0651fa4a2c0e5 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=HuffPost |language=en |quote=Ginburg’s family described the foundation’s choices as an “affront to the memory of our mother and grandmother… Ginsburg was seen as a champion for gender equality… pushing to preserve abortion rights, address the gender pay gap and protect pregnant women in the workforce… Musk, who has positioned himself as an proponent of free speech, has been criticized for endorsing antisemitic conspiracy theories and content on X (formerly Twitter). He has also faced claims from civil rights groups that his leadership has allowed hate speech to spread on the platform since he purchased it… Murdoch has been accused of spreading lies and “dangerous medical misinformation” about climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic on his various media outlets… the Justice’s family has no affiliation with and does not endorse this award… the foundation “has strayed far from the original mission of the award and from what Justice Ginsburg stood for” with its recipients this year.}}</ref> On March 18, 2024, chairperson Julie Opperman announced that the year's awards would not be given out and that the foundation would "reconsider its mission and make a judgment about how or whether to proceed in the future."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Judkis |first=Maura |date=2024-03-18 |title=RBG Award gala canceled after Ginsburg family criticizes honorees |publisher=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/03/18/rbg-award-opperman-musk-murdoch-canceled/ |access-date=2024-03-18}}</ref>