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News Articles: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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NPR's Nina Totenberg offers a window into her world in 'Dinners with Ruth'

The reporter's memoir takes readers on a jaunt through her captivating life and career, nose for the jugular, forthrightness about her joys and sorrows — and the history of women in the workplace.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Martha Anne Toll
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks Sunday at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center in Kentucky. She told an audience that "judicial philosophies are not the same as political parties."

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett Insists That The Supreme Court's Rulings Aren't Partisan

The newest justice — picked by former President Donald Trump to fill the seat left open by Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death — said, "I think we need to evaluate what the court is doing on its own terms."

September 14, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Naylor
Sharron Cohen (second from left) with her husband David Cohen, and son Nathan Cohen with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the steps of the Supreme Court building in 1999.

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  • National

RBG Imparted This To Plaintiff In Gender Equality Case: 'It's All Right To Be A Hero'

Sharron Cohen was the plaintiff in a case that eventually fell to a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And Cohen says that years later, Ginsberg encouraged her to embrace her part in the landmark case.

December 18, 2020
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By:
  • Abe Selby
As a litigator in the 1970s, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's arguments before the Supreme Court were rooted in her own experience with discrimination.

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  • National

Pathmarking The Way: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Lifelong Fight For Gender Equality

Early in her career, the Supreme Court justice argued cases that expanded rights for women and men.

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Melissa Block
An illustration of a donkey (for a Democrat) and an elephant (for a Republican) facing off at a microphone.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: New Poll Shows Tight Presidential And Senate Races in Georgia

Tuesday on Political Rewind, a new poll from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden tied in Georgia – with tight margins among the candidates for Senate.

Will the battle over Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court impact how Georgia voters cast their ballots? We look at the key races – and court cases – that this SCOTUS scuffle could impact.

September 22, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks about the future of the Supreme Court on Sunday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

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  • Politics

If Republicans Confirm New Justice, Scholars Say Democratic Court Packing Is Possible

Some Democrats are open to packing the Supreme Court in response to what they perceive as an illegitimate court appointment. But the move could cause a "spiral" of retaliation, experts say.

September 21, 2020
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
In this July 31, 2014, file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in her chambers in at the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life And Legacy — And The Political Battle To Come

Monday on Political Rewind, we paid tribute to the career and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

And now, as we head into the final stretch before the 2020 election, a look at the monumental battle that’s unfolding in Washington to fill her seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

September 21, 2020
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • and 2 more
People in Macon attend a vigil honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Macon Remembers Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 'She Fought For All Of Us'

Around 40 people showed up Saturday night for a candlelight vigil in front of the federal courthouse in Macon. They were there to honor late Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died Friday night at the age of 87.

September 21, 2020
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  • Josephine Bennett
The national flag flies at half staff as people gather to mourn the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the steps in front of the Supreme Court.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Hearing Justice Ginsburg In The Blast Of The Rosh Hashana Shofar

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right before Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish New Year, which begins this weekend.

September 20, 2020
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  • Scott Simon
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing in August.

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  • Politics

'It Only Takes 4': Durbin Hopes Some Republicans Break Ranks To Block A Trump Nominee

The Illinois Democrat, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told NPR's Weekend Edition he hopes some Republicans decline to fill the Ruth Bader Ginsburg vacancy before the election.

September 19, 2020
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Anita Hill speaks onstage at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in October 2018 in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

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  • Obituaries

Anita Hill Reflects On Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Gender Equality Legacy

Anita Hill says Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a "willingness to really push for a full and inclusive definition of equality."

September 19, 2020
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By:
  • Robert Baldwin III and
  • William Troop
Sen. Lindsey Graham has walked back repeated statements that a Supreme Court should not be filled in a presidential election year.

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  • Politics

'Use My Words Against Me': Lindsey Graham's Shifting Position On Court Vacancies

Before he chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, the South Carolina senator said a Supreme Court vacancy shouldn't be filled during an election year. His position has changed.

September 19, 2020
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
A woman, mourning the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, holds a sign at the Supreme Court that reads, "when there are nine," something Ginsburg said to describe when there'd be enough women on the court.

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  • Politics

Ginsburg's Death Is A Major Cultural Moment That's About To Upend Politics Again

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is vowing a vote for a potential Trump nominee will take place on the Senate floor despite McConnell not even holding a hearing for Obama's 2016 nominee.

September 19, 2020
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro

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