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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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In court papers, she was identified only as “L.C.”. Four years later, her case reached the Supreme Court. In a 6-3 opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court ruled in Olmstead v. Beyond her Supreme Court advocacy, Marcus was an influential lawyer in other ways. Cecilia Marshall (July 20, 1928 – Nov.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

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One California-based firm, Gibson Dunn, did offer O’Connor a job – as a legal secretary. This crabbed view of corruption,” O’Connor and Stevens concluded, “ignores precedent, common sense, and the realities of political fundraising exposed by the record in this litigation.” Just seven years later, Kennedy’s view would prevail.

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