RUTH BADER GINSBURG

Justice Clarence Thomas says that the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month.

The Supreme Court’s nine justices met in private for the first time since the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v.

Supreme Court justices have long prized confidentiality.

A pre-sale estimate suggested the auction could raise $50,000 to $80,000.

An online auction of 150 of items owned by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg raised $803,650 for Washington National Opera.

The show turns to its most proven player to respond to news that the court is preparing to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Politicians, friends and colleagues paid tribute to the late U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch at a memorial service in Salt Lake City.

John Roberts is heading a Supreme Court in crisis.

A procession of family, friends and colleagues gathered to honor late U.S. Sen. Orrin G.

The unprecedented leak of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion in a key case striking down Roe v. Wade (1973) has sparked a heated debate, perhaps drawing new attention to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's opinion on the key abortion precedent.

For decades, Democrats have tried to motivate their voters by warning of the conservative fight to outlaw abortion.

In the opinion, Alito quoted the late Justice Ginsburg, who was a famously strong defender of women's rights during her 27-year tenure on the court.

A seemingly divided Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over Oklahoma’s authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American lands, following a 2020 high court decision.

More Americans approve than disapprove of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court as its first Black female justice, a new poll finds, but that support is politically lopsided.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg so liked the caricature that accompanied an article about her that she got a copy from the artist and hung it in her Supreme Court office.

Ego Nwodim's Jackson is joined by others who broke barriers: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Thurgood Marshall, Harriet Tubman and Jackie Robinson.

A milestone Supreme Court confirmation that endured a flawed process.

Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will join a Supreme Court that is both more diverse than ever and more conservative than it’s been since the 1930s.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says judges are not deciding cases to impose a “policy result,” but are making their best effort to determine what the law and the Constitution require.

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The ship is part of the John Lewis class of replenishment oilers, which are named in honor of people who fought for civil and human rights, the Navy says.

The T-AO 212 replenishment oiler will be referred to as the U.S.N.S. Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Amanda Tyler is a friend of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and a former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Amanda Tyler is a friend of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and a former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Judge Ketanji Brown is pledging to defend the Constitution and decide cases “without fear or favor” if she is confirmed to the Supreme Court.

It’s become almost commonplace viewing, seeing a woman nominated for the Supreme Court appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, is going before the Senate Judiciary Committee with the path to her historic confirmation seemingly clear.

In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement in January, President Joe Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to be his replacement.

Members pledge to reduce gender pay gaps by 60% in the group's first year of operation.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson may not get any Republican votes.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is winning praise from a key Senate Republican.

President Joe Biden knows better than anyone the unexpected turns a Supreme Court nomination can take after it lands on Capitol Hill.

President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has launched what Democrats hope will be a quick, bipartisan confirmation process for the court’s first Black woman.

Just being the newest member of the Supreme Court can be a momentous adjustment for a justice.

The whispers and chatter about top contenders for the Supreme Court are growing as President Joe Biden zeroes in on a nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.

If President Joe Biden’s search for a nominee to the Supreme Court could be summed up by a Help Wanted ad it might read: “Seeking a well-respected liberal jurist.

Sen. Lindsey Graham is among a handful of Republicans declaring a willingness to back President Joe Biden's yet-to-be-announced Supreme Court nominee.

The 16th president understood that elected representatives — not the Supreme Court — should be responsible for protecting fundamental rights.

For years the Supreme Court moved to the left or right only as far as Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy allowed.

Until Senator Ben Ray Luján returns, his party won’t be able to do anything significant—including confirming a new Supreme Court justice—without Republican help.

The Republicans’ informal plan to avoid a battle over the president’s choice would deprive them of the chance to debate the justices’ proper role.

In a Senate where bitter Supreme Court battles have left a lasting imprint, the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick for Supreme Court has the potential to be much less combative and toxic.

In the nearly 30 years that Justice Stephen Breyer has spent on the Supreme Court, it's been conservative, then more conservative and now much more conservative.

The auction of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's library ended the same day that Justice Stephen Breyer confirmed he will retire this year.

Bringing the fractious party together behind a nominee to replace the retiring Supreme Court justice should be a win for a White House that badly needs one.

With Justice Stephen Breyer stepping down, President Biden has his first nomination to the high court. He campaigned on picking a Black woman for the lifetime appointment.

Senate Democrats have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies.

President Joe Biden has strongly affirmed that he will nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Multiple sources say Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is planning to retire.

President Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges for an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court, and each of them would fulfill his campaign pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court.

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court.

The highest bid so far: $18,000, for a signed copy of "My Life on the Road," the memoir of leading feminist activist Gloria Steinem.

Pfizer's chief executive, Albert Bourla, has been awarded the prestigious Genesis Prize for his efforts in leading the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.

As America’s first second gentleman, Doug Emhoff has visited 31 states to promote Biden administration policies and the coronavirus vaccine.

The commission tasked by President Joe Biden with studying potential changes to the Supreme Court has released its final draft report.

During his confirmation to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh assured Sen_ Susan Collins a woman's right to an abortion was “settled law.”.

We’ve been here before, with the fate of abortion rights throughout the United States in doubt and awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court justices considering a major abortion case Wednesday will hear from just three lawyers: one representing the state of Mississippi, another representing Mississippi’s only abortion clinic and the last representing the Biden administration.

Both sides are telling the Supreme Court there’s no middle ground in Wednesday’s showdown over abortion.

Yes: Retire. He should, as unfair as it is that he has to make that choice for himself.

The label “date movie” hasn’t traditionally been applied much to documentaries but filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen have twice now made non-fiction films of trailblazing female icons that also happen to be portraits of loving, supportive marriages.

They’re outnumbered, but they’re not powerless.

The Supreme Court is preparing to hear a gun rights case that could lead to more guns on the streets of New York and Los Angeles and threaten restrictions on guns in subways, airports, bars, churches, schools and other places where people gather.

Katie Couric, in a new memoir called “Going There,” writes of feeling betrayed by Matt Lauer following the sexual misconduct accusations that led to his firing at the “Today" show in 2017.

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos GettyThe mainstream media’s credibility took another big hit this week. Katie Couric, the former co-host of NBC’s Today show, revealed in a new memoir that she chose not to air some controversial comments made to her five years ago by the sainted Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, involving RBG’s criticism of NFL players like Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem.Couric says she was “conflicted” because she was a “big RBG fan,

A commission tasked with studying potential changes to the Supreme Court is releasing a first look at its review.

White House group will meet to begin assembling a report to Biden on options for change.

Former Today anchor Katie Couric admits that she purposefully edited out comments that the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader […] The post Katie Couric admits she edited out controversial Ginsburg comments on athletes kneeling appeared first on TheGrio.

The upcoming world premiere at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra of a new classical music piece inspired by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would probably not have been possible if it wasn’t for a bunch of lawyers in the Chicago area, a Long Island fine arts foundation and an award-winning pianist and composer who put the whole deal together.

The future of abortion rights is in the hands of a conservative Supreme Court that's beginning a new term on Monday.

To some observers, the Supreme Court is facing the most serious threat to its legitimacy since its decision in Bush v.

The Supreme Court says it will hold a ceremonial swearing-in for Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 1, delayed by nearly a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Barrett delivered a lecture hosted by the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Sunday that the public may increasingly see the court as a partisan institution. Justices must be “hyper vigilant to make sure they’re not letting personal biases creep into their decisions, since judges are people, too,” Barrett said at a lecture hosted by the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center. Introduced by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who founded the center and played a key role in pushing through her confirmation in the last days of the Trump administration, Barrett spoke at length about her desire for others to see the Supreme Court as nonpartisan.

Facing pressure from some Democrats to step aside, the 82-year-old Breyer told CNN he hasn’t decided on his retirement plans but is enjoying his new role as the ranking member of the court’s liberal wing.

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos GettyFor years, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg batted away pleas for her to retire from the nation’s highest court while Democrats controlled the White House and the Senate, saying that concerns about her health and age were much ado about nothing.“Tell me who the president could have nominated this spring,” she told a reporter in 2014, “that you would rather see on the court than me?”Court-watchers know what happened next: Democrats lost the

An unusually agreeable Supreme Court term ended with conservative-driven decisions on voting rights and charitable-donor disclosures that offered a glimpse of what the coming years of the right's dominance could look like for the nation's highest court. But ideological divisions were not often on display through much of the year.

They want President Biden to appoint a young liberal to replace the 82-year-old justice. But Breyer has publicly shown no indication of whether he will stay or go.

Only two cases are left to be decided: A pair of closely watched disputes over the Voting Rights Act and California's nonprofit donor disclosure rules.

Justice Breyer will be 83 in August.

Supreme Court, in 7-2 vote, rejects attempt to void the Affordable Care Act, including its protections for those with preexisting conditions.

The Obama-appointed justice sided with a unanimous Supreme Court based on the text of the law.

"I believe that we should protect our Supreme Court, and that that should absolutely be a consideration," Ocasio-Cortez told CNN.

Claims that Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was placed on house arrest are false. The story originated on a satirical website.

June is typically the busiest time for the nine-member bench, as they work to release rulings from their docket, including issues dealing with religious liberty and LGBTQ rights, healthcare, college sports, and state voting laws.

Should women be drafted? Should anyone? Should we convert the draft to national service? Let's have that debate when both men and women have a stake.

In her last years on the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved slowly. In a new, short remembrance for The Supreme Court Historical Society, Thomas says Ginsburg’s “efficiency became a source of humorous banter as well as a thing of legend" among her colleagues. Ginsburg described herself as “Rapid Ruth” when it came to opinion writing.

The case concerns a 2018 Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Lower courts so far blocked the law from taking effect.

Mississippi argues a ban on most abortions after 15 weeks would not violate the broader right to abortion protected by Supreme Court precedents.

The Florida Legislature unexpectedly passed a bill banning transgender student-athletes last night.Why it matters: The legislation — presumed dead last week — is the first "categorically discriminatory anti-LGBTQ bill" to pass in our state in 23 years, according to Equality Florida.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.How it happened: After her original bill stalled, Rep. Kaylee Tuck (R-Okeechobee) slid the proposed ban into a Senate bill dealing with charter schools that passed largely along party lines, per Florida Politics.If signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act" would keep transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports starting July 1.The big picture: Similar measures are being pushed by Republicans across the country — at least 50 bills in 28 states, as Axios' Jeff Tracy reported last month.The other side: Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-Orlando) tried to create pathways for transgender athletes to still compete despite what he termed an "11th-hour" amendment, but those attempts failed."The message that the bill sends is an ugly message of exclusion telling trans kids that who they are is not OK and that they need to change who they are and if they don't ... and something happens to them, it's their own fault," said Smith, per WUSF.Equality Florida spokesman Michael Womack told Axios that lawmakers passed the bill "when they thought people weren't watching.""This is not how the government is supposed to function; this is not how a bill is supposed to be passed."WomackThe bottom line: With this move, our state once again finds itself at the center of the post-Trump culture war raging across America.Like this article? Get more from Axios and subscribe to Axios Markets for free.

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"I think Americans are losing confidence in the court," one reform advocate said. But there's little agreement on how to fix it.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has long been celebrated for her fight for equality. "Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and making our country a more equitable place," Adams tweeted. "Her powerful example has inspired New Yorkers of all generations, and this new statue will ensure her legacy lives on for generations." A proud daughter of Brooklyn, Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and making our country a more equitable place. Her powerful example has inspired New Yorkers of all generations, and this new statue will ensure her legacy lives on for generations.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has long been celebrated for her fight for equality. "Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and making our country a more equitable place," Adams tweeted. "Her powerful example has inspired New Yorkers of all generations, and this new statue will ensure her legacy lives on for generations." A proud daughter of Brooklyn, Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and making our country a more equitable place. Her powerful example has inspired New Yorkers of all generations, and this new statue will ensure her legacy lives on for generations.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg statue unveiled in New York City A 7-foot bronze statue of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was unveiled in Brooklyn three days before her birthday.

RBG taught the court that "a gender line … helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage." In finances, the gender line that puts men in the driver's seat leaves women at a disadvantage and dangerously ill-informed about their money. RBG's legal work and many victories led to remarkable changes in financial independence for women. According to a recent UBS study focusing on women's financial involvement in household finances, millennials exhibited less financial independence than baby boomer women. She fought tirelessly for women's equality and helped change laws so that women could open a bank account, credit card and mortgage in their name.

Democratic lawmakers want to build a monument in the Capitol to honor the late civil rights icon and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Years before taking her seat on the high court, Ginsburg worked with the Women's Rights Project in the 1970s, arguing six landmark cases on gender equality before the high court. If the monument bill passes, Ginsburg would join only a handful of women depicted in the halls of the Capitol. This move by Democratic lawmakers comes almost six months after Ginsburg died of cancer at the age of 87 in September. A fierce champion of women's rights, Ginsburg was the longest-serving woman on the Supreme Court and a strong liberal voice.

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FebruaryFebruary was consumed with the impeachment of President Trump by the House. JunePresident Donald Trump holds a Bible as he stands outside St. John's Church, across Lafayette Park from the White House, on Monday, June 1, 2020. President Trump was diagnosed, hospitalized and released, all in the waning days of his campaign. NovemberPresident-elect Joe Biden (accompanied by his wife, Jill, and members of their family) after being projected the winner of the 2020 election, in Wilmington, Delaware, November 7, 2020. President Trump disagreed, and tried to overturn the result both in the courts and in certain state legislatures.