Series Editor: Corey Brettschneider

NEW PENGUIN CLASSICS SERIES: Penguin Liberty is a timely and relevant new series that will give readers historic context to issues of constitutional rights. The first two titles are On Impeachment: The Presidency on Trial and Decisions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Selection for Fall 2020. Four other titles will publish for Spring 2021: Classic Supreme Court Cases (9780525506812), Free Speech (9780143135159), Hamilton (9780143135128), and Religious Freedom (9780143135142).

POPULARITY OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG: Justice Ginsburg has become a pop culture icon in recent years thanks to her unabashed feminism and resistance, the Academy Award-nominated documentary based on her life RBG, and the popular gift book The Notorious RBG.

COREY BRETTSCHNEIDER, SERIES EDITOR: Corey Brettschneider is professor of constitutional law and politics at Brown and Fordham and author of The Oath and Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents. He has written for The New York Times, Politico, Washington Post, TIME, and The Guardian, and is featured frequently in opinion pieces for NBC News online and on CNN's broadcast.

FOR PENGUIN CIVIC CLASSICS READERS: The Penguin Liberty series is great for readers of The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution and the Penguin Civic Classics series both edited by Richard Beeman and Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide by Cass R. Sunstein.

Series Introduction by Corey Brettschneider

Introduction by Corey Brettschneider

A Note on the Text

DECISIONS AND DISSENTS OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG

Part I: Gender Equality and Women’s Rights
Brief for the Appellant in Reed v. Reed (1970)
Brief Amicus Curiae on Behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union in Craig v. Boren (1976)
Majority Opinion in United States v. Virginia (1996)
Dissenting Opinion in Lilly Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Inc. (2007)

Part II: Reproductive Freedom
Brief for the Petitioner in Struck v. Secretary of Defense (1972)
Dissenting Opinion in Gonzales v. Carhart (2007)
Dissenting Opinion in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014)
Concurring Opinion in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (2016)

Part III: Voting and Civil Rights
Dissenting Opinion in Adarand Constructors v. Peña (1995)
Majority Opinion in Olmstead v. L.C. (1999)
Dissenting Opinion in Bush v. Gore (2000)
Dissenting Opinion in Ricci v. DeStefano (2009)
Dissenting Opinion in Shelby County v. Holder (2013)

Unabridged Source Materials