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Female Supreme Court justices have been known to make good use of a particular tool that amplifies their voices — dissent. Ginsburg, or “Notorious RBG,” as she was popularly known, ...
The role of women at the Supreme Court has grown in recent years but still reflects a persistent gender gap not only for sitting justices but practicioners as well. Now judicial circles are ...
Female Supreme Court justices are interrupted three times more than male justices, a new study shows. “Here we have subordinates, clear subordinates, i.e. lawyers, ...
Women in Wisconsin will continue to have access to abortion services under a new ruling from the state's highest court.
Sandra Day O’Connor, who made history as the first female justice on the Supreme Court, died Friday morning. She was 93. O’Connor, who retired from the high bench in 2006, 25 years after her ...
A new, empirical study shows that male Supreme Court justices interrupt the female justices approximately three times as often as they interrupt each other during oral arguments. Conservative ...
Groundbreaking female justices on the Supreme Court. August 28, 2015. correction. An earlier version of this article twice gave an incorrect year for when O’Connor voted to uphold Roe v. Wade.
Two new female Minnesota Supreme Court justices come with strong public defense backgrounds. Gov. Tim Walz elevates Court of Appeals Judge Theodora Gaïtas and Stearns County Judge Sarah Hennesy.