As a litigator in the 1970s, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's arguments before the Supreme Court were rooted in her own experience with discrimination. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits for a portrait in the Lawyer's Lounge at the Supreme Court of the United States. Shuran Huang / NPR hide caption
Sara Fitzgerald (left) and Michael Martin, both with the group One Virginia, protest gerrymandering in front of the Supreme Court in March. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Ginsburg, sketched here with the rest of the Supreme Court last year, worked from home on the cases the court heard in January. On Tuesday, she returned to the bench. Dana Verkouteren/AP hide caption