PremiumRuth Bader Ginsburg: The tough and combative liberal of the Supreme

Shrikesh Laxmidas 01 August 2020, 18:00

At 87, the US Supreme Court judge was hospitalized for the second time this year, first to treat a stubborn (third) cancer and now for minor surgery. With liberals in the minority in court (4-5), and in an election year, Ginsburg refuses to step down as long as he is fit. And for now, it still is, he guarantees.

"The Notorious RBG". The title of a book about Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a play on words with “The Notorious BIG”, the stage name of an influential and restless American rapper who died murdered in 1997. The book is one of many that describes the Supreme Court judge of the United States as a liberal who defends his points of view outright and who is stone and lime in office, resisting political maneuvers to try to convince her to resign and also to health problems, serious and less serious.

At 87, Bader Ginsburg is admitted to a New York hospital, having undergone a non-surgical and non-invasive operation on the bile duct. The judge is, according to doctors, "resting comfortably" and is expected to be discharged later this week. It is the second hospitalization this year, after receiving treatment for pancreatic cancer in May, which he had already undergone in 2009. Before that, Bader Ginsburg had already overcome, also through surgery, a colon cancer, in 1999 , and in a lung, in 2018.

Content reserved for subscribers. To read the full version, go to here to the JE Reader

PremiumCatering: 'Chefs' against the pandemic

Despite the crisis caused by Covid-19 and the uncertainties about the future, the author's catering sector is experiencing a dynamic moment, in Lisbon, Porto and inland. Inaugurations, reopenings, new letters, new partnerships, new services are the assets to attract more customers. Mostly national, because there are still many planes on the ground and many tourists at home.

PremiumOne fifth of management positions in listed companies are in accumulation

28 directors accumulate positions in several companies listed on the Lisbon stock exchange. Accumulation is permitted by market rules and points to the cross-cutting nature of some economic groups in Portugal, which are shareholders in several companies. Small shareholders' association argues that executive directors should not accumulate positions outside their business group.

PremiumFC Porto champion: 22 days that changed the history of the League

On January 25, everything seemed lost for FC Porto, with Sérgio Conceição's 'punch on the table' exposing internal problems. Twenty-two days were enough to change everything, after Marega's 'enough' hearing racist insults in Guimarães marked the union of the squad that led to the conquest of the 29th title of national soccer champion.