On the Basis of Sex

As if US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg weren't a good enough cover for the topic, we now have an upgrade done by her own nephew Daniel Stieplman.  I'll say it now:  this is the best lawyer movie that I've seen.  Especially "That One", which I never thought was that great of a book or movie.

Starring Felicity Jones, we begin as most law does at Harvard Law, the training academy start, with Harvard Law standing in for Hogwarts.  Sam Waterston plays the evil Dean Griswold (or Wormer, can''t make these names up) who tells Ruth to explain why she is taking a spot that a man could otherwise have.

Like in RBG, we see the early marriage of her and Martin Ginsburg (Armie Hammer), who gets sick while they are both in law school.  Spoiler alert, he survives and the movie spins around their long time work and family partnership.

The main point is her first arguments "on the basis of sex" to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.  Having just made my first argument to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, most everything was pretty realistic, other than the large crowd watching and the dramatic pauses.  Will she win?  Whatever happened to her anyway?

Nice period details from the 1970s.  I give this my highest rating of:

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