Law & Courts Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Decries Labeling The Court As Partisan The newest Supreme Court justice — picked by former President Trump to fill the seat left open by Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death — said "we need to evaluate what the court is doing on its own terms." Brian Naylor
National RBG Imparted This To Plaintiff In Gender Equality Case: 'It's All Right To Be A Hero' Sharron Cohen was the plaintiff in a case that eventually fell to a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And Cohen says that years later, Ginsberg encouraged her to embrace her part in the landmark case. Abe Selby
National Pathmarking The Way: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Lifelong Fight For Gender Equality Early in her career, the Supreme Court justice argued cases that expanded rights for women and men. Melissa Block
National If Republicans Confirm New Justice, Scholars Say Democratic Court Packing Is Possible Some Democrats are open to packing the Supreme Court in response to what they perceive as an illegitimate court appointment. But the move could cause a "spiral" of retaliation, experts say. Matthew S. Schwartz
Law & Courts Anita Hill Reflects On Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Gender Equality Legacy Anita Hill says Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a "willingness to really push for a full and inclusive definition of equality." Robert Baldwin III William Troop
National 'It Only Takes 4': Durbin Hopes Some Republicans Break Ranks To Block A Trump Nominee The Illinois Democrat, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told NPR's Weekend Edition he hopes some Republicans decline to fill the Ruth Bader Ginsburg vacancy before the election. Matthew S. Schwartz
Politics 'Use My Words Against Me': Lindsey Graham's Shifting Position On Court Vacancies Before he chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, the South Carolina senator said a Supreme Court vacancy shouldn't be filled during an election year. His position has changed. Matthew S. Schwartz
Opinion: Hearing Justice Ginsburg in the Blast of the Rosh Hashana Shofar NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right before Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish New Year, which begins this weekend. Scott Simon
Politics Ginsburg's Death Is A Major Cultural Moment That's About To Upend Politics Again Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is vowing a vote for a potential Trump nominee will take place on the Senate floor despite McConnell not even holding a hearing for Obama's 2016 nominee. Domenico Montanaro
Politics Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized After Falling, Fracturing 3 Ribs The 85-year-old justice fell in her office at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday evening. She's been hospitalized for "observation and treatment." Camila Domonoske
