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Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Dec 12, 2020

In Episode 3 of Notorious, we address the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.  Decided in 2014, Hobby Lobby addressed the contraceptive requirement in a regulation adopted in conjunction with the Affordable Care Act.  Hobby Lobby, and other closely held corporations, argued that the requirement was...


Dec 12, 2020

In the second episode of Notorious, we discuss the 1996 case of United States v. Virginia, also known as the VMI case.  This case, like Reed v. Reed from Episode 1, addressed the issue of gender equality under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The majority opinion, written by Justice Ginsburg,...


Dec 11, 2020

In this inaugural episode of Notorious:  The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we discuss the 1971 case of Reed v. Reed.  The case addressed an Idaho statute, which favored males over females as administrators of estates.  Petitioner Sally Reed sought to be named administrator of her deceased son’s estate...