--- title: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Cheers on #MeToo description: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg voiced support for the #MeToo movement ahead of Senate hearings for court nominee Brett Kavanaugh canonical: https://time.com/5407757/ruth-bader-ginsburg-metoo-kavanaugh/ author: Eli Meixler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-27T04:28:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:10.956Z article:section: Politics og:title: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Cheers on #MeToo og:description: She voiced her support on the eve of the Kavanaugh hearing og:url: https://time.com/5407757/ruth-bader-ginsburg-metoo-kavanaugh/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte017956934316b5f/69893b3d8fd2ee7ce935cb88/gettyimages-961134694.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-COURT-MEDAL-GINSBURG-judiciary-judge-award og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Cheers on #MeToo twitter:description: She voiced her support on the eve of the Kavanaugh hearing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte017956934316b5f/69893b3d8fd2ee7ce935cb88/gettyimages-961134694.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Cheers on #MeToo Ahead of Kavanaugh Hearing ## Video: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says the #MeToo Movement Is Here to Stay [Watch (HLS stream): Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says the #MeToo Movement Is Here to Stay](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wGureoTa.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2018-02-12. The #MeToo movement that has seen women come forward to expose pervasive sexual harassment has “staying power” and will not succumb to a backlash, according to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg._ by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Sep 27, 2018 4:28 AM UTC  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks after receiving a medal in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2018. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks after receiving a medal in Washington, DC, on May 14, 2018.Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Sep 27, 2018 4:28 AM UTC Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg [threw her support](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/supreme-courts-ginsburg-voices-support-for-metoo-on-eve-of-kavanaugh-hearing-idUSKCN1M6369) behind the #MeToo movement on Wednesday, one day ahead of [high-profile Senate hearings](http://time.com/5406020/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-senate-hearing/) to address court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual misconduct. Ginsburg said she was “cheered on” by the [#MeToo movement](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/), and praised women for speaking out, Reuters reports. “Every woman of my vintage has not just one story but many stories,” she told first-year law students at Georgetown University. “But we thought there was nothing you could do about it – boys will be boys – so just find a way to get out of it.” After a discussion of “unconscious bias” and gender discrimination, Ginsburg commended the ongoing momentum of #MeToo, which has seen numerous powerful men exposed and discredited. “It was one complaint and then one after another the complaints mounted. So women nowadays are not silent about bad behavior,” she said. Ginsburg, 85, is seen as one of the most staunchly liberal voices on the Supreme Court, and is something of a progressive cultural icon for her [outspoken](http://time.com/3445010/ruth-bader-ginsburg-citizens-united/) defense of left-wing causes. But she has also drawn censure for [criticizing President Donald Trump.](http://time.com/4406160/ruth-bader-ginsburg-donald-trump-regret-comments/) At the lecture on Wednesday, she did not directly mention Kavanaugh or his accusers. **Read more**: [_Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Time 100 2015_](http://time.com/3823889/ruth-bader-ginsburg-2015-time-100/) On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to [hear testimony](http://time.com/5406765/christine-blasey-ford-statements-brett-kavanaugh/) from Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who alleges that Kavanaugh [sexually assaulted her](http://time.com/5397772/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-accusation/) in 1982 when they were both in high school. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, has [denied](http://time.com/5407129/kavanaugh-denies-third-sexual-misconduct-allegations/) all sexual misconduct allegations. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5407757/ruth-bader-ginsburg-metoo-kavanaugh/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5407757/ruth-bader-ginsburg-metoo-kavanaugh/"},"headline":"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Cheers on #MeToo Ahead of Kavanaugh Hearing","datePublished":"2018-09-27T04:28:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:53:10.956Z","description":"The court's liberal icon voiced her support for the movement on the eve of the Kavanaugh hearing","url":"https://time.com/5407757/ruth-bader-ginsburg-metoo-kavanaugh/","keywords":["Supreme Court","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte017956934316b5f/69893b3d8fd2ee7ce935cb88/gettyimages-961134694.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eli Meixler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eli/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte017956934316b5f/69893b3d8fd2ee7ce935cb88/gettyimages-961134694.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-COURT-MEDAL-GINSBURG-judiciary-judge-award","caption":"US-COURT-MEDAL-GINSBURG-judiciary-judge-award","creditText":"Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/supreme-court/","name":"Supreme Court"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5407757/ruth-bader-ginsburg-metoo-kavanaugh/","name":"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Cheers on #MeToo Ahead of Kavanaugh Hearing"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says the #MeToo Movement Is Here to Stay","description":"The #MeToo movement that has seen women come forward to expose pervasive sexual harassment has “staying power” and will not succumb to a backlash, according to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/wGureoTa/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-02-12T07:47:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wGureoTa.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5407757/ruth-bader-ginsburg-metoo-kavanaugh/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5407757/ruth-bader-ginsburg-metoo-kavanaugh/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```