Justice Scalia: Rival doctrine seeks rigidity Oct 27, 2009
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia will have nonspeaking roles Saturday night in a production by the Washington National Opera. They'll be dressed in black-tie attire and remain on stage for nearly 90 minutes during the opening performance of "Ariadne auf Naxos" (are-EE-AHD-nay off NACKS-ohs). (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Fresno Co. court closed 3rd Wednesday of month Oct 20, 2009
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, was kept at a hospital overnight after she became drowsy and fell from her seat aboard an airplane. Court officials blamed a reaction to medicine. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Never heard of Gertrude Berg? Kempner film can fill you in Oct 19, 2009
A cast of family, friends, associates and fans talk about her life and influence, and when Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg came on the screen I was convinced of Bergs importance. The film follows Bergs life in traditional style, birth to death, and her rise to stardom from a beginning in a Yiddish cookie commercial which Grandpa had to write out phonetically for her to be able to read to one of TVs biggest stars. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
In ceremony, Queen Elizabeth II opens new UK Supreme Court Oct 17, 2009
US Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg also had been scheduled to attend, but she became ill just before her plane took off from Washington late Wednesday. For hundreds of years, Britain s highest court of appeal was the Law Lords, a group of justices who sat in Parliament s upper chamber, the House of Lords. (Boston Globe)
Legal changes open doors to working women Oct 17, 2009
In 1996, the court struck down the male-only admission policy at the Virginia Military Institute, an opinion written by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had argued a series of cases expanding women's rights as a lawyer for the ACLU.. But for more than a decade after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act, the task of defining legal protections for pregnant women on the job puzzled the courts. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Ginsburg in Good Health After Hospital Stay Oct 16, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in stable health after being hospitalized overnight ... Taken by: H. Darr Beiser, USA Today Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg enters the House Chambers before a joint session on Feb. 24, 2009. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Justice Ginsburg in hospital overnight Oct 16, 2009
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, was kept at a hospital overnight Wednesday after she became drowsy and fell from her seat aboard an airplane. Court officials blamed a reaction to medicine. (Boston Globe)
Ginsburg hospitalized overnight, released Oct 16, 2009
MANDEL NGAN / AFP/Getty ImagesSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses during a group photo September 29, 2009 in the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court in Washington ... Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, was kept at a hospital overnight after she became drowsy and fell from her seat aboard an airplane ... 15: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Wednesday evening. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Justice Ginsburg released after night in hospital Oct 16, 2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized overnight for what appeared to be an adverse reaction to medication, but was released Thursday, a court spokeswoman said in a statement. Justice Ginsburg had taken two medications before boarding an overnight flight, a court spokeswoman said. (CNN -- Health)
Ginsburg Released After Brief Hospitalization Oct 16, 2009
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was briefly hospitalized Wednesday night after she collapsed on an airplane preparing to leave for London. According to the court, Ginsburg was taken to the Washington Hospital Center at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday after an apparent adverse reaction to a sleeping aid combined with cold medication she took immediately after boarding an overnight flight bound for London. (Roll Call)
Justice Ginsburg Briefly Hospitalized Oct 16, 2009
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized overnight after experiencing extreme drowsiness but was later released, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday. Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Ginsburg, who has been treated for pancreatic cancer, was evaluated at the Washington Hospital Center and found to be in stable health after she fell from her seat on a plane before departing for London. (Newsmax)
Lithwick: The Supreme Court Justices Reveal How They Really Feel About Lawyers Oct 16, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asks whether judges have the discretion to reduce a lodestar award for a rotten performance, saying, "You have the hourly rate, the number of hours, and the judge then says, even though they prevailed, the lawyer wasn't prepared, and I am not going to give the hourly rate?" Justice Anthony Kennedy giggles through that question and adds his own: "And what about a very, very popular cause, and [the lawyer] wins, and they are beating his door down? Can we reduce it for... (Slate)
Court considers death sentence for Ohio neo-Nazi Oct 15, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted that the Supreme Court had never found a defense lawyer to be ineffective solely on the basis of a closing argument if his conduct during the rest of trial was acceptable. "You're asking us to take a new tack," she told Benza. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Supreme Court Argument Report: Who Can Intervene in Original Jurisdiction Cases? Oct 15, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked whether the "rule of permissive intervention" in ordinary civil cases would be an appropriate standard to apply to original jurisdiction cases as well. "So even though the civil rules are not binding in original jurisdiction cases, isn't that a sound approach that we should adopt?" she asked Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel partner , who argued on behalf of plaintiff South Carolina. (Law.com)
Mumia Abu-Jamal's Life May Hinge on Case of Neo-Nazi Triple Murderer Oct 14, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg described the closing argument as "disjointed" and said, "it goes off on tangents that have nothing to do with the sentence. ... I mean, it really is quite a stream of consciousness.". But Ginsburg also asked Spisak's lawyer, Michael Benza of Chagrin Falls, Ohio: "Do you know of any case where ineffective assistance was found on the basis of a closing argument alone?". (Law.com)
The Supreme Court, as Seen on Television Oct 13, 2009
If that's the rule, no one has told Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about it. "I try not to miss a post-argument lunch, because you never know what my colleagues will be talking about. They may be talking about the case that we just heard, and I wouldn't want to be absent from that discussion.". (Law.com)
EDITORIAL: Protect even offensive free 'speech' Oct 11, 2009
News outlets reported that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked about videos of cockfighting, and Justice Antonin Scalia offered this hypothetical. "What if I am an aficionado of bullfights and I think, contrary to the animal cruelty people, they ennoble both beast and man?". (Fresno Bee)
Another View: Educational? You be the judge Oct 8, 2009
With her pursed lips and dark hair pulled back in a bun, she bears a passing resemblance to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In her jurisprudence, however, Waters may be more like Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who cast the swing vote in many key cases before retiring in 2006. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Cross in U.S. preserve stirs tense court debate Oct 8, 2009
Though the legal question before the court Wednesday was narrow, it showcased familiar ideological divisions between conservatives such as Scalia and liberals such as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The case involves a memorial that dates to 1934 when the Veterans of Foreign Wars erected a cross at Sunrise Rock in San Bernardino County. (AZCentral -- News)
High court hears arguments about cross in park Oct 8, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg indicated, and Eliasberg agreed, that even if the court finds problems with what Congress did, lawmakers probably could find a valid way to sell or give the land to veterans groups. A decision is expected by spring. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Supreme Court debates legality of maintaining Mojave cross Oct 8, 2009
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Paul Stevens noted the Mojave cross was designated as a national memorial and that Congress said it must be preserved as a cross to honor America s war dead. If not, the land and the cross will revert to government control, they said. (Boston Globe)
This Case Is a Dog Oct 7, 2009
And then Ruth Bader Ginsburg moves in and takes a chomp. "How about cockfighting?" she asks. (Slate)
Court-Appointed Supreme Court Counsel Takes On Copyright Case Oct 7, 2009
A former law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and then-circuit court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Merritt was appointed by the Court in April to argue in the case. "I got a call out of the blue, and of course I said yes," said Merritt, who will be making her first argument before the Court. (Law.com)
Justices hear speech, animal rights cases Oct 7, 2009
In answering a question by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mr. Katyal admitted that the law has never been used to prosecute anyone for a crush video. He added that it's because the law worked so well. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
High court listens to first arguments of session Oct 6, 2009
They are, 1st row, L-R, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Clarence Thomas, 2nd row, L-R, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor ... Sotomayor even jockeyed to get in her questions at the same time as both Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg the court's other female justice although both times she deferred to the more... (MSNBC -- Politics)
Supreme Court hears Hagerstown man's case Oct 6, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said a prisoner unlike someone who is free cant contact an attorney. Justice John Paul Stevens asked several questions about what specific instructions Shatzer was given about exercising his right to counsel. (The Herald-Mail Online)
High Court Won't Block Release Of Priest Sex Abuse Documents Oct 6, 2009
"It seems unlikely that the Supreme Court would not issue the stay if they were going to take up the full case,'' an attorney involved with the legal proceedings said. Diocesan lawyers asked conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, whose son is a priest, to reconsider their appeal to keep the documents sealed until the high court rules on whether to take up their case. Earlier this month, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg denied the diocese's request to keep the documents sealed for now. Scalia forwarded... (FOX61, CT)
Court begins new term with a new justice Oct 6, 2009
Most were split between reliable "conservatives": Roberts and Justices Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Alito; and reliable "liberals": Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and the now-departed David Souter. Sotomayor is expected to join the progressives, maintaining the balance set by her predecessor. (CNN -- Law)
Sotomayor makes presence felt on first day of Supreme Court's term Oct 6, 2009
Sotomayor, a lifelong New Yorker, peppered the lawyers with questions in a pair of cases, joining with her fellow New Yorkers, Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. None of the three is reluctant to speak up during the oral arguments, and together, they left the other justices sitting in silence for much of the time. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Supreme Court, Sotomayor Begin New Term Oct 6, 2009
Back row, from left are: Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor ... Sotomayor even jockeyed to get in her questions at the same time as both Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - the court's other female justice although both times she deferred to the more experienced justice. (CBS News -- US)
O'Connor regrets her rulings being undone Oct 5, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the other woman on the court. "It's not enough," O'Connor declared. (AZCentral -- News)
C-SPAN on the Supreme Court: This time it's personal Oct 5, 2009
Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor ... It is in this room that one of the current court's strongest and most unlikely friendships was forged, between conservative Scalia and his liberal counterpart, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Nations high court gets new term, justice Oct 4, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 76, appears well after her surgery for pancreatic cancer in February and has said she plans to serve into her early 80s. But the long-term prognosis for pancreatic cancer is poor. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Lobbying or prayer service? Oct 2, 2009
One member of the court who no longer attends is Ruth Bader Ginsburg who, like Breyer, is Jewish. Ginsberg said she grew tired of being lectured to by Catholic officials. (CNN -- International)
Supreme Court takes a fresh look at handgun laws Oct 1, 2009
Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Supreme Court case will test extent of gun rights Oct 1, 2009
In the back are Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court raised the stakes for its new term and for gun owners nationwide by agreeing Wednesday to hear an appeal from firearms owners in Chicago. (USA Today)
Justice will speak at law school Sep 30, 2009
The symposium also hosted a Supreme Court justice in 2005, when Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered remarks about the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Page 1 of 1. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
Cablevision Names David Ellen General Counsel Sep 30, 2009
He also clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg when they were U.S. Circuit Court judges. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1992, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review. (Multichannel News)
Ginsburg Released From Hospital, Back To Work Sep 26, 2009
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fell Ill After Anemia Treatment ... WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, made a quick return to work Friday after feeling ill at the office and spending the night in a Washington hospital as a precaution ... Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized after becoming ill in her court office Thursday evening. (Click2Houston, TX)
Ginsburg is released from hospital Sep 26, 2009
Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to work yesterday ... WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, made a quick return to work yesterday after feeling ill at the office and spending the night in a Washington hospital. (Boston Globe)
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg out of hospital Sep 26, 2009
Ruth Bader Ginsburg plans to return to work Friday afternoon, spokesman says ... WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from a Washington hospital Friday, a day after being admitted with symptoms of fatigue and lightheadedness ... Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became ill in her chambers Thursday. (CNN -- Health)
US top court judge out of hospital, returning to work Sep 26, 2009
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Sonia Sotomayor. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Ginsburg hospitalized after treatment Sep 25, 2009
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized yesterday after becoming ill in her office at the court following treatment for an iron deficiency. The 76-year-old justice, who underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in February, was taken to Washington Hospital Center at 7:45 p.m. as a precaution, a statement from the court said. (Boston Globe)
U.S. Justice Ginsburg in D.C. HospitalRuth Bader Ginsburg reportedly felt ill after treatment for iron deficiency. Sep 25, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized After Feeling Faint - ABC News ... Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is applauded in the House Chamber on Capitol ... Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is applauded in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 24, 2009, prior to President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress. (ABC News)
Supreme Court's Ginsburg Hospitalized Sep 25, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shown in February 2007. (AP). (CBS News)
Justice Ginsburg at Washington Hospital... Developing... Sep 25, 2009
Updated 10:45 p.m. By Robert Barnes Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to the Washington Hospital Center Thursday after falling ill at the Supreme Court ... U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was taken to the Washington Hospital Center this evening after feeling ill in her Chambers earlier in the day. (The Drudge Report)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Sep 25, 2009
The US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalised on Thursday after feeling faint and fatigued as she battles pancreatic cancer. Barbie is set to make her debut on the big screen in a family movie based on the celebrate toy doll. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Justice Ginsburg hospitalized after feeling faint Sep 25, 2009
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2008 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in Washington ... FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2005 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes part in a swearing ceremony at the State Department in Washington ... FILE - In this April 10, 2009 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks to law students at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. (Albany Times Union)
Corporations aren’t people yet Sep 22, 2009
Corporations, which are authorized by the government, can t vote or serve on juries; a corporation, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put it, is not endowed by its creator with inalienable rights. Justices from all sides of the political spectrum are properly concerned about protecting free speech, and even reasonable-seeming restrictions can sometimes erode the core principle. (Boston Globe)
Swayze's 2-year survival 'an accomplishment' Sep 17, 2009
Apple Inc.'s Steve Jobs and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have also undergone treatment for the disease. The American Cancer Society puts pancreatic cancer as the fourth most common cause of death from cancer in the United States. (CNN)
Pancreatic cancer Sep 15, 2009
"Of all the relatively common human cancers, it is by far has the highest death rate and worst outcome," said Dr. Andrew Lowy, chief of surgical oncology at the Moores University of California, San Diego Cancer Center. Actor Patrick Swayze, Apple founder Steve Jobs and Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch, who died in July, also have publicly battled the disease. (CNN -- International)
Supreme Court justices question campaign finance law Sep 10, 2009
Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and the court's newest justice, Sonia Sotomayor, repeatedly stressed that the court should identify narrower grounds to decide the case rather than overturning established legal precedents. But the conservatives including Roberts and Alito seemed determined to correct what they view as an error of constitutional import. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
High court tackles 'Hillary: The Movie,' again Sep 10, 2009
Steve Petteway / APJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, left, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor pose for a photo in the Justices' Conference Room on Tuesday. But it took on greater significance after the justices decided to use the case to consider whether to ease restrictions on how corporations and labor unions may spend money to influence elections. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Unprecedented Sep 10, 2009
Olson's nightmare is "the right to criminalize books and signs." But for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it's the scary prospect of granting First Amendment rights to "today's mega-corporations, where many of the investors may be foreign individuals or entities." Chief Justice Roberts is terrified of putting "our First Amendment rights in the hands of FEC bureaucrats." But Sonia Sotomayor is terrified of a court that decides cases too broadly. Scalia, for his part, is afraid of muzzling America's... (Slate)
Sotomayor is formally seated on bench Sep 9, 2009
She wore a black robe and a white, lace collar made in Quebec that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court's only other sitting female justice, had given her. Chief Justice John Roberts then administered the oath, in which Sotomayor promised to "faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties" of an associate justice. (AZCentral -- News)
Sotomayor takes her place on high court bench Sep 9, 2009
Sotomayor wore a white, decorative collar that was given to her by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and a new robe presented by her law clerks in New York. Among the onlookers in the courtroom were her mother, Celina, and brother, Juan, the entertainer Ricky Martin, retired Justice David Souter, the man she replaced, members of Congress, federal judges and former top Justice Department officials. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Sotomayor takes Supreme Court seat Sep 9, 2009
Sotomayor and Roberts then shed their black robes and Sotomayor the white, starched judicial collar that was a gift from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and took the traditional walk down the court's white marble steps. Roberts left her for a moment in the spotlight by herself as photographers clicked away. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Meet the knuckleheads of the U.S. Senate Sep 8, 2009
The Hall of Fame pitcher-turned-senatorial coot started a charitable foundation so he could pay himself $20,000 a year for signing autographs, predicted Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would be dead within nine months of her cancer diagnosis and appears to have done in his time in office. No wonder the GOP thinks it's time for a call to the bullpen. (Salon)
Brief look at the major players in 'Hillary' case Sep 6, 2009
Observers will be looking to see what kind of questioner she will be: Early and often like Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Rarely if at all like Justice Clarence Thomas. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Supreme Court Opens Up to C-SPAN Sep 5, 2009
Asked what the new justice should know, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, "You will be surprised at the high level of collegiality here." She recalled that in his early days at the Court, conservative Justice Antonin Scalia counted liberal Justice William Brennan Jr. as his best friend in spite of their ideological differences. "These were two men who genuinely liked each other and enjoyed each other's company.". (Law.com)
Justice Stevens' hiring at high court slows Sep 4, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
After Striking Out With Ginsburg, Attorney for Catholic Diocese Tries Scalia Sep 3, 2009
On Aug. 6, Lacovara asked Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the justice who handles emergency matters within the 2nd Circuit, for a stay of the release, pending the diocese's filing of a petition for full review by the U.S. Supreme Court. "The harm to the diocese would be irreparable," Lacovara wrote, arguing that if the documents are released and disseminated by the media organizations, the media will then argue that the diocese petition is moot. (Law.com)
Stevens may be preparing to retire from Supreme Court Sep 3, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery this year for early-stage pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg, 76, has said she intends to serve into her early 80s, and she has hired her clerks for the court term that begins in October 2010. (Boston Globe)
Could slow hiring indicate Stevens retirement? Sep 3, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery this year for early-stage pancreatic cancer. While Ginsburg has been her usual energetic self, including frequent speaking engagements and a teaching stint in Europe this summer, long-term survival rates for pancreatic cancer are low. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Conn. diocese wants Scalia to look at case Aug 29, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Tuesday ruled the documents cannot remain sealed until the full court decides whether to review the case. On Friday, attorneys for Diocese of Bridgeport asked that Scalia, a Catholic, reconsider its request to continue a stay on the release of the papers. (MSNBC -- Crime)
