WASHINGTON, DC – In an op-ed for The Detroit News, Michigan Attorney General nominee Eli Savit reflects on his time working as a clerk for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and how working under her inspired him to put people at the forefront of every legal case that came across his desk.

Key highlights:

• “The case wasn’t a headline grabber. It was one of the many run-of-the-mill cases […] Still, Ginsburg talked to me for 45 minutes straight about that case. But she barely mentioned the legal issues at play. Instead, she talked to me about the person at the center of the case. How its outcome might impact their family and kids, and the fundamental unfairness of what might happen.” 

• “Our legal system, at its best, provides certainty, predictability, and order. But it plays out each day through countless court cases across the nation. And each of these cases involve real human beings ― not legal abstractions.” 
• “For the people who are involved, no case is routine. A landlord-tenant case involves the roof over someone’s head. A child custody case implicates a parent’s ability to hug their child. A criminal case involves not just a person’s liberty, but a traumatized victim thrust into the system through no fault of their own.”

• “But for RBG, justice was about more than words on paper. Justice would be done only if each case, each unique set of facts, was given the care and consideration the people involved in the matter deserved. And for all of us involved in the legal system, these are lessons and a legacy to follow.”

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