Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

How did Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish person serving on the U.S. Supreme Court, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, challenge religious and political barriers? This presentation will focus on Brandeis’ and Ginsburg’s family backgrounds and their legal careers before being nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. Landmark cases that each presented to the U.S. Supreme Court, cases on which they ruled, and the nomination and confirmation processes facing each justice will also be discussed.