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First We Grieve, Then We Vote: Jay Kaplan Reflects on the Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg BY ELLEN SHANNA KNOPPOW Vote, Vote, Vote Editor’s note: This interview was conducted Kaplan doesn’t believe the Senate before the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett Democrats have the power to reject a Supreme Court nominee hostile to civil rights, as the s staff attorney for the American Civil current president and Senate Republicans Liberties Union of Michigan’s LGBT seem bent on doing. But there is recourse. AProject, Jay Kaplan often unpacks “The only thing that we can do, if we legal decisions in a way that helps readers — want to change this whole trajectory, is to and writers — understand. With the recent participate in this election at a rate and at a passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader percentage like never before,” Kaplan stressed. Ginsburg, we also asked that Kaplan share his “That’s what makes this election so important.” own reflections of her tenure on the Court and Residents of Michigan may soon have what it meant to him personally.