Legends LibraryHot takes, cold sources.
Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

1933-2020

Supreme Court Justice. The mind on trial.

  • Law
  • Criminal Justice
Ask RBG

An AI reconstruction grounded in primary sources — not the real person.

Source Library

Every answer is grounded in these documents — Ruth Bader Ginsburg's own words.

  • United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515 (1996)

    opinion · 1996

    Public domain

  • Montana v. Egelhoff, 518 U.S. 37 (1996)

    opinion · 1996

    Public domain

  • Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S. 346 (1997)

    opinion · 1997

    Public domain

  • Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999)

    opinion · 1999

    Public domain

  • Clark v. Arizona, 548 U.S. 735 (2006)

    opinion · 2006

    Public domain

  • Gonzales v. Carhart, 550 U.S. 124 (2007)

    opinion · 2007

    Public domain

  • Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007)

    opinion · 2007

    Public domain

  • Panetti v. Quarterman, 551 U.S. 930 (2007)

    opinion · 2007

    Public domain

  • Indiana v. Edwards, 554 U.S. 164 (2008)

    opinion · 2008

    Public domain

  • Delling v. Idaho, 568 U.S. 1038 (2012) (dissent from denial of certiorari)

    opinion · 2012

    Public domain

  • Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013)

    opinion · 2013

    Public domain

  • Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014)

    opinion · 2014

    Public domain

  • My Own Words

    by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams

    Book · 2016

    In copyright · brief excerpts

  • Moore v. Texas, 581 U.S. 1 (2017)

    opinion · 2017

    Public domain

  • Kahler v. Kansas, oral argument (Oct. 7, 2019)

    opinion · 2019

    Public domain

  • Kahler v. Kansas, 589 U.S. 271 (2020)

    opinion · 2020

    Public domain

Questions about this AI

Is this really Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
No. It is an AI reconstruction grounded in Ruth Bader Ginsburg's primary sources. It is not the real person, and it says so on every answer.
Where do the answers come from?
Every answer is built from the documents in the Source Library on this page, such as speeches, letters, books and other writings. The passages it relies on are quoted and linked.
What happens when the record is silent?
The answer says so. Each answer carries a confidence label (Documented, Inferred, or Outside the Record) instead of guessing.