Latest Ruthbaderginsburg Podcast Episodes
Season 3: Episode 5: RBG, Justice Marshall and the Death Penalty (Part 2)
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - July 19, 2022 18:32 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Season 3, Episode 5 of Notorious, we continue to discuss the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment – from Justice Marshall’s viewpoint, as well as Justice Ginsburg’s viewpoint. This topic is broken up into two episodes, with Episode 5 focusing mostly on Justice ...
Season 3: Episode 4: RBG, Justice Marshall and the Death Penalty (Part 1)
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - July 07, 2022 13:28 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Season 3, Episode 4 of Notorious, we discuss the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment – from Justice Marshall’s viewpoint, as well as Justice Ginsburg’s viewpoint. This topic is broken up into two episodes, with Episode 4 focusing mostly on Justice Marshall’s ...
Season 3: Episode 3: Justice Ginsburg and Justice Marshall’s Views on Campaign Finance
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - May 31, 2022 16:07 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Season 3, Episode 3 of Notorious, we discuss campaign finance, from legal viewpoints of Justices Ginsburg and Marshall. Among the issues discussed are what it means to participate in a fair and free election and the intersection between money and its impact on free speech during a political ca...
Justice Marshall & Justice Ginsburg First Amendment Jurisprudence
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - April 26, 2022 12:47 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Season 3, Episode 2 of Notorious, we discuss the First Amendment and how it was addressed by Justice Ginsburg and Justice Marshall. Specifically, this episode will cover Justice Ginsburg’s and Justice Marshall’s jurisprudence concerning the religious clauses of the First Amendment, including t...
Season 3, Episode 1: Justice Marshall & Justice Ginsburg’s Judicial Philosophies
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - March 31, 2022 12:52 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Season 3, Episode 1 of Notorious, we discuss Justice Thurgood Marshall’s and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s contributions to the Civil Rights Movement, and parallels and differences between their legal and judicial strategies. Guests will include Judge Joseph A. Greenway Jr., who currently sit...
Season 2: Episode 6: 2020-2021 Supreme Court Term
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - September 18, 2021 13:39 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFeaturing guest speakers, Corey Brettschneider, a professor at Brown University and editor of Decisions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Selection, and Joshua Block, Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project. In Season 2, Episode 6 of Notorious, we discuss the 2020...
Season 2: Episode 5: A Discussion of Ricci v. DeStefano
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - September 17, 2021 14:17 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Season 2, Episode 5 of Notorious, we discuss the case of Ricci v. DeStefano, which involved the question of whether the city of New Haven, Connecticut violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act when it rejected the results of a civi...
Season 2: Episode 4: A Discussion of Adarand Construction v. Pena
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - September 16, 2021 14:38 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Season 2, Episode 4 of Notorious, we discuss the case of Adarand Construction v. Pena, which involved whether a federal statute, which provided for favor treatment to a suspect class to remedy past discrimination, violated the Equal Protection Clause as embodied in the Fifth Amendment. In ...
Season 2: Episode 3: A Discussion of Grutter v. Bollinger
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - September 15, 2021 14:38 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Season 2, Episode 3 of Notorious, we discuss the case of Grutter v. Bollinger, which involved the question of whether a law school admissions policy that considered race as a factor in admissions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or Title VII of the Civil Right...
Season 2: Episode 2: A Discussion of Gonzales v. Carhart
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - September 14, 2021 14:47 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFeaturing guest speaker, Mai Ratakonda of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. In Season 2, Episode 2 of Notorious, we discuss the case of Gonzales v. Carhart, which involved the Supreme Court’s consideration of the constitutionality of The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (“the Act...
Season 2: Episode 1: A Discussion of Justice Ginsburg’s Influence on Overcriminalization
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - September 13, 2021 15:26 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Season 2, Episode 1 of Notorious, we explore Justice Ginsburg’s influence on overcriminalization in our justice system. Specifically, we discuss the broad statutes passed by Congress, the latitude afforded to prosecutors under these statutes, judicial interpretations of the law and the possib...
Announcing Season 2: Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - September 09, 2021 19:20 - 56 seconds ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsWe’re back, with a new season of Notorious, continuing our discussions of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s notable decisions and dissents. Season Two will air for six consecutive days beginning Monday, September 13th, with our final episode airing on Saturday, September 18th—the one year a...
Reproductive Freedom: A Discussion of Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - April 28, 2021 14:58 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFeaturing guest speaker, Mai Ratakonda of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. In Episode 12 of Notorious, we discussed the case of Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which addressed issues related to reproductive freedom. At issue was a Texas Law that placed restrictions on physician...
Three Cheers for Beer: A Discussion of Craig v. Boren
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - April 21, 2021 13:48 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Episode 11 of Notorious, we discussed the case of Craig v. Boren, in which Ruth Bader Ginsberg, an attorney for the ACLU, helped shape a new level of judicial review in gender discrimination cases, appearing as amicus curiae. In addressing Oklahoma laws that prevented young men, but not you...
A Tale of “Hanging Chads”: A Discussion of Bush v. Gore
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - March 31, 2021 13:36 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFeaturing Guest Speaker, Professor Rick Hasen of the University of California, Irvine. In Episode 10 of Notorious, we discussed the case of Bush v. Gore, which involved one of the closest presidential elections in United States history at that time. This case concerned the 2000 presidential el...
Strategic Gradualism: A Discussion of RBG’s Criminal Sentencing Jurisprudence
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - March 17, 2021 13:51 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Episode 9 of Notorious, we discussed a series of cases related to criminal sentencing, including: Apprendi v. New Jersey, United States v. Booker, and Kimbrough v. United States. Justice Ginsburg’s contributions to our country’s jurisprudence focus heavily on equality. Although less discuss...
An introduction to the You Are RBG Podcast
You Are Now RBG - March 10, 2021 03:50 - 4 minutesJoin us as we tell the stories of real people making a real difference, and explore how you can create change in 10 minutes a day or an hour a week. No more waiting for the next hero. It's you.
No Ordinary Piece of Cake: A Discussion of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colo. Civil Rights Comm’n
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - March 03, 2021 15:25 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFeaturing guest speaker, Joshua Block of the American Civil Liberties Union. In Episode 8 of Notorious, we discuss the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The U.S. Supreme Court addressed whether the actions of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission (CCRC), under ...
“The Ballot is Stronger than the Bullet”*: A Discussion of Shelby County v. Holder
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - February 17, 2021 17:04 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFeaturing guest speakers, Kerry Abrams, Guy-Uriel Charles, and Neil Siegel of Duke University School of Law. In Episode 7 of Notorious, we discuss the case of Shelby County v. Holder. The U.S. Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of two provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ...
Let’s Get Personal: A Discussion of Daimler v. Bauman
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - February 03, 2021 16:26 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFeaturing guest speaker, the Honorable Helen E. Freedman (Ret.), who served 36 years on the New York State Court bench. In Episode 6 of Notorious, we discuss the case of Daimler A.G. v. Bauman. This case addressed the issue of personal jurisdiction. A German corporation, Daimler A.G., was b...
Finding Religion in Unexpected Places: A Discussion of the Establishment Clause
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - January 21, 2021 17:44 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Episode 5 of Notorious, we mix up the format a bit and discuss the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment in the context of several cases. No issue under the Establishment Clause reached the U.S. Supreme Court until 1947. Thus, our discussion starts with Everson v. Board of Education,...
Leading the Way to Equal Pay: A Discussion of Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - January 05, 2021 04:10 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn Episode 4 of Notorious, we address the case of Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Decided in 2007, Ledbetter addressed the issue of gender discrimination in the context of equal pay. Writing for a 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Alito found that employers cannot be sued ...
Underneath the Corporate Veil: A Discussion of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - December 12, 2020 18:36 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn 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 requ...
With Equality, A Glorious Asset: A Discussion of United States v. Virginia
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - December 12, 2020 17:11 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn 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, writte...
In the Beginning . . . : A Discussion of Reed v. Reed
Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - December 11, 2020 23:14 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn 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 ...
Finding Hope (with Fred Guttenberg)
Call Your Mother - December 01, 2020 21:39 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsOn February 14, 2018, like any other day, Fred Guttenberg's two children left the house to go to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. But after a former student attacked the school with a semi-automatic weapon, 17 people did not come home that day, including Fred's daughter...
Having the Hard Convo (with Jenna Arnold)
Call Your Mother - November 10, 2020 19:27 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsIn recent years, entrepreneur, activist, author, and Jewish mom of two Jenna Arnold criss-crossed the U.S., having conversations with countless groups of white women about their identities and their roles in our country. The result is her book, Raising Our Hands: How White Women Can Stop Avoidin...
The Long Haul (with Deborah Copaken)
Call Your Mother - November 03, 2020 17:46 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsOn a “totally chill” late-fall day, Jordana and Shannon chat with multi-hyphenate author, photojournalist, and producer Deborah Copaken, who’s a columnist at The Atlantic and a writer for Netflix’s Emily in Paris. The mom of three was also once an avid biker — she’d bike 20 miles on the regular,...
The Fertility Roller Coaster (with Dana Sussman)
Call Your Mother - October 27, 2020 21:35 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsFertility struggles impact so many families in myriad ways — though often the burden and the blame fall on women. Dana Sussman's story flips the narrative, when she and her husband discover that her husband is not producing any sperm. Several uncomfortable and emotional surgeries later — plus co...
CYM Rewind: Contagion (With Blima Marcus)
Call Your Mother - October 20, 2020 19:09 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsRemember the measles outbreak in 2018 to 2019? Misinformation and distrust for the government were significant factors that contributed to the dangerous spread of the highly contagious disease within many ultra-Orthodox communities in New York. In December 2019 our hosts Jordana and Shannon spok...
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