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Washington Times' Greg Pierce's "Inside Politics" summarized Ginsburgs' bigoted, anti-Catholic statements and her boycott of the traditional Pro-Life "Red Mass" held ceremonially before each term of the US Supreme Court.

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Circa 2006

When President Clinton appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer to the Supreme Court, there obviously wasn't any of them voting a "religious ticket." Their religion was rarely discussed.

But Ginsburg ostentatiously displays her objection to what she termed is the "outrageous" anti-abortion sermon she could hear at the Catholic "Red Mass" held annually before each term of the Supreme Court.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, while not at all religious, says she takes pride in her Jewish heritage. And she says that has changed some traditions at the Supreme Court and how she ruled in at least one case involving Christianity.

"Think of how many prominent people in different fields identify themselves proudly as Jews but don't take part in the rituals," Justice Ginsburg told Abigail Pogrebin, who writes about the jurist in her book "Stars of David." An excerpt in the February issue of the magazine Moment focuses on the author's interview with Justice Ginsburg in the jurist's chambers at the Supreme Court. Although she is not religiously observant, Justice Ginsburg said that being Jewish matters greatly to her.

“ I'll show you one symbol of that which is here (at the USSC)," she told the writer, guiding her to the main office door, where a gold mezuzah was nailed prominently to its frame. "At Christmas around here, every door has a wreath. I received this mezuzah from the Shulamith School for Girls in Brooklyn, and it's a way of saying, 'This is my space, and please don't put a wreath on this door.'?"

Justice Ginsburg said she boycotts the annual Red Mass, because of the Catholic Church's teaching on abortion. "Before every session [of the court], there's a Red Mass. And the justices get invitations from the cardinal to attend that. And a good number of the justices show up every year. I went one year, and I will never go again, because this sermon was outrageously anti-abortion. Even the Scalias -- although they're very much of that persuasion -- were embarrassed for me."

NOTE Abigail Pogrebin is the daughter of radical feminist and Ms. magazine co-founder, Letty Cottin Pogrebin. Abigail Pogrebin is an author and interviewer who has produced TV programs for Charlie Rose, Bill Moyers, and 60 Minutes’ Mike Wallace and Ed Bradley. Pogrebin was a senior correspondent for Brill’s Content, a contributing writer for Talk magazine, and is now a freelance writer.