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Highlights from Sonia Sotomayor's Career on the Court

The US Supreme Court justice will join the Aspen Institute’s Latinos and Society program on Friday, March 24 for a conversation about civic engagement.

BY Nicole Corea & 1 more

Blog Post

03.23.2017
Around the Institute

Sonia Sotomayor - 2016

Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was presented with the Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership.

BY New York Public Programs

Video

12.09.2016
Criminal Law and Justice

A Tragic Moment for the Supreme Court

Yale law professor Stephen L. Carter laments the recent string of divided decisions.

BY Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

Blog Post

07.01.2016
Criminal Law and Justice

Civil Liberties for the "unpopular" - Justice Ginsburg

2014 AspenX featuring a conversation entitled "Privacy, the Constitution, and Civil Liberties" with the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center.

BY AspenX

Video

11.07.2014
Law and Public Policy

A Conversation with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Aspen Institute's Socrates Program holds the launch of the first AspenX online learning series on "Privacy, the Constitution and Civil Liberties." Supr ...

Video

10.27.2014
Law and Public Policy

Justice Kennedy Discusses Magna Carta, Constitution, and Democracy

The US Constitution is an imperfect document, and democracy is a work in progress, US Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy told an Aspen, CO, audience recently at a public forum hosted by the Aspen Institute Justice and Society Program. And it’s up to the people to carry forward the aspirations of the United States’ founding document and the freedoms and responsibilities of the society it supports.

BY Catherine Lutz

Blog Post

07.29.2014
Law and Public Policy

Gildenhorn Book Series Featuring Noah Feldman discussing "Scorpions"

Noah Feldman talks about his new book Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices (Twelve Books).

Video

01.26.2011
Law and Public Policy

A Justice Reflects

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor talks about the court, the qualities that make a good justice, and the need to preserve the independence of the judiciary.

BY Walter Isaacson

Of Interest

06.29.2009