Her legacy is one of deep commitment to justice and to the proposition 
that all persons deserve what she called ‘equal citizenship stature’ under the 
Constitution,” the statement said. “She was a singularly powerful voice for the 
equality and empowerment of women, including their ability to control their own 
bodies.”


The decision also drew a protest from a former Ginsburg clerk. 

Trevor Morrison, a former dean of New York University School of Law, wrote to foundation 
chair Julie Opperman Thursday that he found it “deeply worrisome” that the award 
would go to people whom he said “exhibit none of the values that animated the 
Justice’s career, and none of the things that she herself emphasized when 
celebrating the inauguration of the award.”