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C-SPAN Radio's Supreme Court Historic Oral Argument: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, before she joined the Court

Washington, DC
Monday, December 24, 2012

On December 25 at 7pm ET, C-SPAN Radio continues a week-long special series of Supreme Court oral arguments by current Justices, before they joined the Court.

In this program: Portions of two cases argued by ACLU attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg, before she became an Associate Justice in 1993.  You’ll hear her argue two cases about gender and equal protection: ‘Mel Kahn, appellant v. Robert Shevin,  Attorney General of Florida and others, appellees”  from 1974;  and ‘Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, appellant  v. Stephen Wiesenfeld, appellee” from 1975.

The audio and information of the cases are courtesy of the Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law at: http://www.oyez.org.

And providing context and information: Amy Howe: a Supreme Court attorney and co-founder of  www.scotusblog.com.

Arguments from Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she became an Associate Justice: Tuesday, December 25 at 7pm ET on C-SPAN Radio: 90.1 FM in the Washington, DC area, online at cspanradio.org and nationwide on XM Satellite Radio, channel 119.

Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012 at 11:16am (ET)

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