After a week of memorials the beloved Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will join her late husband Marty at Arlington National Cemetery in a private ceremony.
I never got to meet the Notorious RBG. There were plans to visit her chambers and do watercolors of the jabots, but time ran out. My one off-the-bench memory of her is when she stopped by the press room for a chat during which she observed that DC drivers are the worst.
Posted here are some of the better sketches I’ve done of Justice Ginsburg ( there are plenty of lousy ones! ), along with a few SCOTUSblog banners done during the week of remembrance.
Justice Ginsburg with opinions in BNSF Railway Company and Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp.
Brian T. Burgess for petitioner
Justice Ginsburg dissents in American Legion v. American Humanist Assoc.
Justice Ginsburg announces opinion in Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill
Justice Alito with opinion in Hernandez v. Mesa
Justice Ginsburg dissents in Hernandez v. Mesa
Jeffrey Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General
Justice Ginsburg sporting “dissent” jabot?
Justice Ginsburg
Courtroom sketching is a form of visual journalism or reportage drawing that is slowly dying out. Where once upon a time news organization each had their own artist covering a story, today a “pool” artist often sketches for all. It is a demanding and stressful discipline where the drawing is often done directly and under tight deadline.
After forty-five years of news sketching in courtrooms and congress I’m calling it quits. It’s been sometimes fun, sometimes frustrating, almost always interesting. I’ve been lucky to work with some really great people. Don’t think I’ll miss it, but a little scared of not having a deadline.
While I won’t be sketching in court anymore, I may continue to post to this blog from time to time. Not sure what that might be. I’m about to start a new assignment documenting infrastructure and construction. Could be interesting.
These are super!!!I especially like her ‘collars’ :) I was at the Supreme court twice and did a bit of sketching as I wanted a memento to mark the day- no photos are allowed inside. RBG was barely visible over the big table and I am small too so I could barely see ;) Your collection here is a great tribute to her!!