Political Science: Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg

At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior's rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans - until now. RBG is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg 's exceptional life and career from Betsy West and Julie Cohen.

Feb. 12 -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg talks about women in power with Bloomberg's Greg Stohr and Matthew Winkler in Washington on Wednesday.

This item is a video recording of President William Jefferson Clinton announcing Ruth Bader Ginsburg as nominee for Supreme Court Justice. Both President Clinton and Ginsburg deliver remarks. President Clinton answers a question from a reporter at the end of the event.

The article profiles Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Having spent 13 years as a federal judge, but not being a career jurist, she is unusual as a Supreme Court justice for having spent the majority of her career as an advocate for specific causes, as a lawyer for the National Organization for Women Inc. and an in-house counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. Details on her early career as well as the cases that she handled are also considered in the article.

A transcript of a conversation between United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge M. Margaret McKeown.