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The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The case arose from a political documentary called Hillary: The Movie. The film’s producers lost a Fe…

Panel members discussed the successes, continued challenges, and emerging issues faced by women in the legal profession. Topics included whether women read the Constitution differently than …

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer delivered the Annual Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture on Women and the Law. She talked about Justice Ginsb…

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg talked about her early days as a law clerk, her advice to law students, and her judicial philosophy. Topics included continuing importance of the Eq…

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reviewed the Supreme Court cases decided during the 2008-2009 term, with an emphasis on Second Circuit cases. She noted highlights of the year,…

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder, docket number 08-322. At issue were provisions of the 1965 federal Voting R…

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg talked about the cordiality between the Supreme Court Justices, traditions of the Court, and personal stories of her tenure at the annual “Law Day” …

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the cases of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita about the validity of the law passed in 2005 by the…

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Kennedy v. Louisiana on the constitutionality of the death penalty for child rape. This program contained the audio recording release…

Justices Antonin Scalia, David Souter, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg paid tribute to retiring American Civil Liberties Union President Nadine Strossen as she planned to retire after serving as pre…

Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Ginsburg, and others gave brief remarks. The NAWJ Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who then spoke…

The Philadelphia Bar Association invited Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to speak about women in the law at its quarterly luncheon. Bar members also presen…

Former Acting Solicitor General Walter Dellinger, a member of the Duke Law faculty, for the school’s “Great Lives in the Law” series, interviewed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She spoke about…

Upon accepting the Thurgood Marshall award, Justice Ginsburg reflected on the life and career of Thurgood Marshall and his efforts for racial equality. Ginsburg was recognized for her long-t…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, docket number 07-290, in which a 1976 law was challenged that had the effect of banning handguns in the D…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Baze v. Rees, docket number 07-5439. The Court will decide if the lethal injection drugs used to execute prisoners on death row have such a high prob…

Justices heard oral arguments in the cases of Boumediene v. Bush, docket number 06-1195, and Al Odah v. U.S. involving the rights of suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and th…

Government and plaintiff attorneys presented oral arguments in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld on the constitutionality of using military commissions to try al-Qaida members accused of war crimes. Among …

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reviewed the 2006-07 Supreme Court term at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference in the Sagamore Hotel. Cases included Ledbet…

Justices heard oral arguments on two cases involving partial birth abortions. At 10 a.m. the justices heard arguments in Gonzales v. Carhart, et al.. At 11 a.m., they heard Gonzales v. Plann…