Is it ethical for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to accept a $1 million prize? Yes, but it's hard to explain
- Written by Steven Lubet, Williams Memorial Professor of Law, Northwestern University
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her Supreme Court chambers in Washington. AP/Cliff Owen, File
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will donate to charity the US$1 million Berggruen Prize for Culture and Philosophy she recently won.
The prize is given annually to a “thinker whose ideas are shaping human self-understanding to advance...