Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I learned, while writing about her, that her precision disguised her warmth.

Despite her path-braking work as a litigator before the Court, she doesn't believe that large-scale social change should come from the courts.

When Susan Struck fought being discharged for pregnancy from the US Air Force, it brought the right to choose into a different light.

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg concludes an era of faith in courts as partners in the fight for progress and equality.

The remarkable stories of the nine other women in the Harvard Law class of ’59—as told by them, their families, and a SCOTUS justice who remembers them all.

Griswold v. Connecticut became about privacy; what if it had been about equality?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's solo dissent from an affirmative action case was inspired by a footnote.

“The Golden Girls” reframed senior life as being about socializing and sex. But did the cultural narrative of advanced age as continued youth go too far?

William Rehnquist went from a lonely dissenter to an institutionalist chief—and his opinions are all the rage among the court’s current conservatives.

Harris is taking a page from the playbook that has long helped women advance the quest for equality.

Four important court cases that have defined the landscape of women’s rights in the United States.

Tocqueville understood how constitutional review, without meaningful checks, could enable judicial despotism.

The 50th anniversary of a groundbreaking work.

His works underpins the Dobbs decision. His legacy matters enormously to what's next for constitutional law.

Without Murray’s intense commitment to the freedom struggle, the more famous civil rights leaders would not have had the successes they did.

Among the thousands of cases the Supreme Court has decided, only a handful of dissenting opinions stand out.

The right to abortion has been both supported and contested throughout history.  When banned, abortions still occur, but legal restrictions make them less safe.

Pauli Murray, the first Black woman to be ordained by the Episcopal Church, was an advocate for women’s rights and racial justice.

Supreme Court confirmation hearings feature senators talking a lot, and nominees nodding politely until they can leave.

From Phillis Wheatley to Lil Uzi Vert, Black names and their evolution tell the story of America.