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Is it ethical for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to accept a $1 million prize? Yes, but it's hard to explain

  • Written by Steven Lubet, Williams Memorial Professor of Law, Northwestern University
Is it ethical for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to accept a $1 million prize? Yes, but it's hard to explainAssociate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her Supreme Court chambers in Washington. AP/Cliff Owen, File

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will donate to charity the US$1 million Berggruen Prize for Culture and Philosophy she recently won.

The prize is given annually to a “thinker whose ideas are shaping human self-understanding to advance...

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