The Volokh Conspiracy

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Today in Supreme Court History: January 17, 1973 and January 17, 1996

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Frontiero v. Richardson (1973) and United States v. Virginia (1996) were argued on the same day, twenty-three years apart. Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued the former case, and wrote the majority opinion in the latter case.