American Bar Association Journal, 140
American Bar Association Medal, 332
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), xiii, xxi, 63, 114, 115, 116, 128, 131–32, 133, 137, 154, 155, 156, 157–58, 161–62, 163, 228, 264, 266
American Dilemma, An (Myrdal), 259
American Jewish Committee, 88
American Journal of Comparative Law, 250
American Women, 133
amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) briefs, 94, 116, 131–38, 209, 261, 318
Amster, Cornelia (aunt), 32
Annan, Kofi, 57
Anthony, Carl Sferrazza, 98
Anthony, Susan B., 183
anti-Semitism, 5–6, 79, 82, 83
“anything goes” standard, 131–32, 138
apartheid, 263, 264–65
appeals courts, 75–76, 84, 156, 202, 207, 208–9, 210, 212, 217–18, 235, 317, 325, 326, 327; see also specific courts
Appendix E, 156–57
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss), 32, 42
Arizona, 89, 144, 280
Arkansas, 169–70
Arkansas, University of, Law School, 169–70
arms, right to bear, 59, 324
Armstrong, Barbara Nachtrieb, 72
“as-applied challenges,” 315–16
Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 71, 72, 113, 332
Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 56–60
Athena, 69–70
“at home” receptions, 104, 109
at-large voting, 294–95
Babbitt, Bruce, 167, 174
Bader, Celia Amster (mother), xiv, xx, 3–4, 6, 9, 14, 15, 18–19, 85
Bader, Marilyn (sister), 3, 14, 19
Bader, Nathan (father), xvi, xxi, 3, 19, 20
Bader, Richard (cousin), 3, 4, 15
Bakke case (Regents of the University of California v. Bakke), 197, 272, 298, 319
Barak, Aharon, 57, 220, 257–58, 264
Barkaloo, Lemma, 70
bartenders, 135, 144, 158
basketball, 60, 92, 170–71
Beauvoir, Simone de, 161, 243
“benign” classifications, 135–36
Benjamin, Judah P., 76–81
Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, 16, 87
Bergman, Ingmar, 250
Bettleheim, Alfred, 16
Bible, 9, 10, 14–15, 70, 85, 219
Biden, Joseph, 179, 180, 187, 188
Bill of Rights, 9, 10, 228–31
birth control, 124–25, 213, 277, 307–12, 326
Black, Hugo, 209
Blackmun, Harry, 58, 209, 212
Blaine, James G., 68
boardinghouses, 98–104, 279
Bork, Robert, 179
Bradley, Joseph P., 106
Bradwell, Myra, 71, 106
Brandeis, Louis D., 78, 79, 81–84, 234, 235, 281, 286, 333
Brennan, William J., 41, 137, 139, 157, 236, 282
Breyer, Stephen, 32, 35–36, 57, 84–85, 167, 174, 198, 213, 218, 254, 277, 287, 290, 293, 300, 304, 308, 314, 321, 322–23, 324, 328
British colonies, 213–14, 248
“broccoli horrible,” 47, 301, 302, 434
Brownell, Herbert, 21, 22, 23
Bryn Mawr College, 98, 109
Burke, Edmund, 107
Burwell, Sylvia, 307–12
Bush, George H. W., 76, 234
Bush, George W., 219
busing, 220
California Supreme Court, 267
campaign finance reform, xviii, 59, 213, 280, 284
Campbell, Linda, 188
Canada, 59, 71, 76, 154, 220
cancer, xx, xxi, 18–19, 86, 92
capital punishment, 35–36, 203–4, 255, 257, 317
Cardozo, Benjamin N., 83–84, 86, 184, 234, 281
Carter, Jimmy, xxi, 75–76, 167, 174–75, 234
Catholics, 163–64, 260
Central Bank of Iran, 329
Central Point, Va., 265–66
Century of Struggle (Flexner), 134
certiorari petitions, 129, 241
Charter of Fundamental Rights (2000), 269
Chef Supreme (Alito, ed.), xvn
Chicago, University of, Law School, 123
Chicago Bulls, 170–71
child-care benefits, 114, 160, 161, 225–26
Child’s Garden of Verses, A (Stevenson), 5
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), 68
citizenship, 81, 141, 183, 250–51, 264, 270, 273, 283, 292–96
civics education, 57, 93
civil liberties, 20–24, 256–58
Civil Rights Act (1875), 105–6
Civil Rights Act (1964), 121–22, 123, 142, 143, 145, 175, 246, 271, 277, 284–89, 290, 291, 292, 308
Civil Rights Commission, U.S., 161–62
civil rights movement, 105–6, 125, 246, 265–67
Civil War, U.S., 68, 79, 102–3, 140, 155, 270, 293
class action lawsuits, 285
Cleveland, Grover, 68
Clinton, William Jefferson, xxi, 40, 76, 82, 84–85, 167–78, 177, 182, 189, 195, 219, 332
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 67, 170, 176–77, 177
Code of Judicial Procedure, Swedish, 249–50
coeducation, 122–23, 150–53
Cohen, Bernard, 266
Cold War, 21, 260–62
Collins, Gail, 94
Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts, 43
Columbia Law School, xx, xxi, 26, 27–28, 70, 113, 115, 128, 145, 155, 161–62, 175, 176, 182, 188, 197, 249–50, 267, 271
Commission on Women (ABA), 170
“commonality” requirement, 285
communism, 20–24
computers, 129, 156–57
concentration camps, 5–6, 16, 87
Confederate States of America, 79, 80
Congress, U.S., xv, 22, 37, 58, 60, 67, 90, 105, 129, 133–34, 140–43, 147, 148, 161, 183, 186–87, 199, 206, 215–19, 220, 226, 228, 243, 244, 248–49, 256, 263, 271, 284–85, 287, 292, 293–95, 300–16, 326
Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act (2005), 220
Constitution, French, 269–70
Constitution, German, 254, 255
Constitution, South African, 154, 269
Constitution, U.S.:
adoption of, 154–55
amendments to, 140, 141, 142–43, 231, 235, 293; see also specific amendments
Article I, 249
Article III, 74, 75
Article VI, 248–49
Bill of Rights for, 9, 10, 228–31
Commerce Clause in, 300–303, 307
Constitutional Convention for (1787), 184–85
Due Process Clause in, 105, 120, 141, 204–5, 239, 241, 243, 253, 267, 318
Equal Protection Clause in, 58, 105–6, 124, 141, 151, 197, 266–67, 281, 296, 298, 320, 326, 327
Framers of, 195, 229–30, 246, 248–49
Free Exercise Clause in, 219, 307–12, 326
legal interpretation of, 127–28, 129, 169, 176, 178, 183–87, 193, 220–21, 228–46, 248–58, 269–70, 292, 299–306
as “living Constitution,” 50, 195, 229–30
Necessary and Proper Clause in, 302
“originalist” interpretation of, 51, 195, 229–30
Spending Clause in, 306, 307
Constitutional Court of South Africa, 57, 255
contraception, 124–25, 213, 277, 307–12, 326
contracts, 33–34, 121
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1975), 269
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965), 263, 269
Cornell Daily Sun, 20–24
corporations, xiv, 59, 73, 232, 277, 280, 299–312
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, U.S., xxi, 27, 28, 29, 38, 44, 73, 74, 116, 129, 167, 173, 174–75, 176, 185–87, 228, 231–39, 234, 236, 317
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, U.S., 57, 76
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, U.S., 317,
323n
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, U.S., 307, 312
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, U.S., 151–52, 223
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, U.S., 296–97, 319, 325, 327, 328
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, U.S., 74, 75, 103, 107–8
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, U.S., 238–39
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, U.S., 76
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, U.S., 74
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, U.S., 114–15, 128–29, 307, 308, 312
Cuomo, Mario, 40, 167
curative legislation, 156–57
Curtis, Benjamin, 237, 283
Cushing, William, 98
Cushman, Robert E., xv, 20–21
D’Amato, Alfonse, 180, 181
Davidson, Kenneth, 115
Davis, Jefferson, 79
“day in court,” 207, 208–10
D.C. Circuit Judicial Conference, 167–68
Dead Man Walking (Heggie), 34, 35
“Dear Ruth” letters, 212
death penalty, 35–36, 203–4, 255, 257, 317
Deborah, 14–15, 70
Declaration of Independence, 9, 10, 231, 248
Defense Department, U.S., 129, 156–57
Defense of Marriage Act (1996), 254, 256
democracy, 140, 184, 193, 213–14, 220–21, 239, 258, 259–62, 292–96
Democratic Party, 67, 75, 167, 188, 219
dependent-care classification, 114–15, 126–29, 131–38, 146, 160, 161, 225–26
desegregation, 59, 123, 169–70, 197, 219, 272–73, 280, 296–98, 321, 327–28
detention centers, 256–57
Diary of a Young Girl, The (Frank), 86–87
digest of reported decisions of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (Benjamin), 79–80
discriminatory annexations, 294–95
“Disobedience” (Milne), 5, 130
disparate-impact rulings, 271–74, 310–11
dispositions, legal, 234–35
district-by-district voting, 294–95
diversity, 77, 197–98, 268–75, 283, 319
DNA evidence, 36
domestic-injury requirements, 328–29
Domingo, Plácido, 32–33, 33
Dorsen, Norman, 229–30
double jeopardy, 233
Douglas, William O., 144, 282
draft, military, 146, 147
Duke Power Co., 271–72, 274
Earhart, Amelia, 5
East Midwood Bulletin, 14–18
East Midwood Jewish Center, 14–18, 18
Education Amendments, 142–43
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 147, 169
elections, U.S.:
of 1852, 80
of 1884, 58, 67–68
of 1888, 58, 67–68
of 1908, 108
of 1980, 167
of 2000, 27, 40, 280, 299
Emerson, Thomas, 144
employee health insurance, 90–91, 222–23, 277, 286, 299–312
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (1974), 90–91, 222–23, 286
“en banc” courts, 210, 235, 236
environmental issues, 124–25
Epstein, Cynthia, 69n, 70
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 123, 288, 289, 291
Equal Pay Act (1963), 121, 142
equal protection doctrine, 114, 116, 120, 121–24, 128–29, 131–38, 139, 140–41, 155, 160, 195, 204–5, 225, 238, 243, 245, 263, 269–70, 272, 318–21
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 95, 115, 117, 124, 139–49
Equal Rights Party, 68
error correction, 201–2, 206, 234
Escudero, Anita, 28–29
estate administration, 114, 158–59, 250
European Convention on Human Rights, 154
European Court of Human Rights, 256
European Court of Justice, 59, 76
European Economic Community (EEC), 142
European Union (EU), 269, 328–29
Evolving Constitution, The (Dorsen), 229–30
executive branch, 186–87, 215, 229, 329
extension solution, 310–11
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 178
Federal Constitutional Court, German, 76
federal courts and judges, 58, 74–75, 175, 184–87, 207, 213, 215–21, 224, 228, 235, 249, 256, 296–97, 314–15, 317
federal government contracts, 121, 270–71
Federalist No. 78, 229
Federal Judges Association, 187
Federal Legislation Committee, 148–49
Federal Reporter Second, 236
Feinstein, Dianne, 189
feminism, 94–95, 113, 116, 119–25, 140–41, 154–64, 189, 243
Fielding, Henry, 255
Fifteenth Amendment, 293, 296
Fifth Amendment, 114, 147–48, 233, 241
filing periods, 284–85, 288–89
Fillmore, Millard, 78
firearms, 59, 324
firefighters, 273–74
First Amendment, 284, 293, 308, 325
First Lady, 98, 108–9
Fisher, Abigail, 197, 274, 277, 279, 296–98, 318–21, 327–28
Fledermaus, Die (Strauss), 32, 34
Florida, 158–59, 216–17
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S., 309
Ford, Gerald R., 75
for-profit corporations, 277, 299–312
Fortas, Abe, 83–84
Fort Sill, xvi, xx
Fortune 500, ix, 73
Founding fathers, 60, 195, 213, 251
Fourteenth Amendment, 105, 114, 122, 141, 142, 144, 147–48, 151, 239, 283, 293, 326–27
Fourth Amendment, 21
France, 232–33, 250, 262, 269–70
Frank, Anne, 86–87
Frankfurter, Felix, 83–84
Franklin, Benjamin, 107
free-rider problem, 301–2
free speech, 82–83, 284, 325
Freund, Paul A., 161, 234, 281
From Jim Crow to Civil Rights (Klarman), 260–61
Frontiero, Sharron, 131–38, 158–59, 161
Fugitive Slave Act (1850), 35
“future day” appeals, 282–84
gay and lesbian rights, 219, 256
gender-based (sex-based) classifications, 132–38, 150–64, 239, 242–47
Georgetown University Law Center, xiii, 27–30
George Washington University Law School, 66, 222n
Georgia, 144, 217
Germany, 76, 210, 232, 250, 254, 255
gerrymandering, 294–95
“get it right” approach, 207, 213, 238
Gilbert and Sullivan, 36–37, 224–25
Ginsburg, Evelyn, 176
Ginsburg, James Steven, xvii, xxi, 175
Ginsburg, Jane, xvi, xvii, xx, 28, 175
Ginsburg, Martin D. “Marty,” xv–xvii, xx, xxi, 24–31, 30, 31, 32, 109, 116–17, 126–30, 168, 170, 171, 175, 176, 180, 182, 193, 331
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, ii, 18
as Associate Justice, xxi, 167–80, 190, 273–316
awards and honorary degrees of, 32–33, 33, 65, 332
bench announcements of, 117, 150–53, 198, 276–77, 287–329, 331
biography of, xix, 167
birth of (March 15, 1933), 28
briefs submitted by, 131–38, 185–86, 193
as Brooklyn native, 3, 6–7, 32, 182, 331–32
chambers of, 68, 333
as Columbia Law School professor, 27–28, 113, 115, 128, 155, 161–62, 176, 182, 188, 197, 249–50, 271
as Columbia Law School student, xv, xxi, 26, 175, 267
Cornell Daily Sun letter of, 20–24
as Cornell University student, xiii–xx, xx, 20–24, 26, 28
on Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, xxi, 27, 28, 29, 38, 44, 73, 74, 116, 129, 167, 173, 174–75, 176, 185–87, 228, 231–39, 234, 236, 317
dissents of, 67, 197, 198–99, 237
, 273–316, 329
at East Midwood Jewish Center, 14–18
education of, xv, xvi, xx, xxi, 15–18, 26
family of, xvii, 3–7, 169, 181
foreign travels of, 38, 40, 42, 59, 210n, 215n, 268
friendships of, 26, 32–35, 38, 39–41, 151, 222–27, 323–24
at Harvard Law School, xv, xvi, xx
health of, 41, 226, 331, 333
Highway Herald editorial of, 9–13
Jewish background of, 14, 15–18, 78–85, 182
“Kiki” as nickname of, xx, 3–4
law clerks and staff of, 28–29, 68, 77, 188, 205, 222, 223, 334
as liberal and moderate, 173–74, 185–87, 189, 195–99, 221, 276, 290, 299–300, 318, 331, 333
Madison Lecture given by, 196, 228–47
marriage of, xv–xvii, xx, xxi, 24–31, 30, 31, 32, 109, 116–17, 126–30, 168, 170, 171, 175, 176, 180, 182, 193, 331
opera enjoyed by, 41, 43–45, 58–59
opinions written by, 67, 185–87, 188, 197, 198–99, 237, 273–316, 329
as Rutgers School of Law professor, xxi, 72, 113, 115, 119, 127, 155, 176, 182
Senate confirmation hearings for, 179–90
as Supreme Court advocate and litigator, 63, 114–16, 128, 131–38, 156, 169, 250
Supreme Court nomination and confirmation of, 15, 18, 40, 82, 84–85, 167–80, 177, 195, 332
as woman Justice, 76–77, 85, 89–95, 96, 175, 187–88, 190, 225, 267, 329, 332–33
as woman’s rights expert, 131–38, 169, 171, 185, 188
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, writings of, 9–18, 114, 185, 193–97, 277
“Advocating the Elimination of Gender-Based Discrimination: The 1970s New Look at the Equality Principle” (Ginsburg), 117, 154–64
“Brown v. Board in International Context” (Ginsburg), 196–97
“Decent Respect to the Opinions of [Human]kind, A: The Value of a Comparative Perspective in Constitutional Adjudication” (Ginsburg), 196–97, 248–58
“Human Dignity and Equal Justice Under Law” (Ginsburg), 259–75
“Introduction to Women and the Law—A Symposium” (Ginsburg), 116, 119–25
“Lighter Side of the Supreme Court” (Ginsburg), 56–60
“Need for the Equal Rights Amendment, The” (Ginsburg), 117
“One People” (Ginsburg), 14–18
“Remarks for WFMT Radio Broadcast” (Ginsburg), 33–37
“Remarks on Loving v. Virginia” (Ginsburg), 197
“Remarks on the Value of Diversity: International Affirmative Action” (Ginsburg), 197, 268–75
“Remembrances of a Treasured Colleague” (Ginsburg), 38, 39–41, 151, 323–24
“Speaking in a Judicial Voice” (Ginsburg), 195–96, 280
“Tribute to Chief Justice Rehnquist” (Ginsburg), 222–27
“Wiretapping: Cure Worse than Disease?” (Ginsburg), 20–24
“Women and the Law” (Ginsburg), 116, 119–25
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