A Higher Court (1990's)

Episode 3 goes through RBG's Supreme Court nomination and her first decade on the High Court. Poppy and Jeffrey speak with Professor Margo Schlanger, one of RBG's clerks during her first term, who breaks down RBG's first opinion on the Court. They also discuss RBG's landmark majority opinion in the United States versus Virginia (1996) -- the case that struck down the male-only admissions policy at the Virginia Military Institute -- speaking with Kelly Sullivan, a member of the first class of women at VMI. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices