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target='_blank'>Remarks at the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, August 26, 2019</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">June 07, 2019</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='RBG 2019 Second Circuit Judicial Conference Remarks June 7 2019.pdf' target='_blank'>Remarks for the Second Circuit Judicial Conference, New Paltz, NY, June 7, 2019</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">July 04, 2018</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='J. Ginsburg Remarks Genesis Lifetime Achievement Award Tel Aviv Israel July 4 2018 (3).pdf' target='_blank'>Remarks at the Genesis Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony, Tel Aviv, July 4, 2018</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 08, 2018</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='Remarks for April 10 Naturalization Ceremony_edited header.pdf' target='_blank'>Remarks at the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY, April 10, 2018</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">June 10, 2016</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS_Speech_Arlington_County_Bar_Association_06-10-2016.pdf' target='_blank'>Arlington County Bar Association, Arlington, VA, June 10, 2016</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 26, 2016</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg </td> <td><a href='Remarks for the Second Circuit Judicial Conference May 25 2016.pdf' target='_blank'>Remarks for the Second Circuit Judicial Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, May 26, 2016</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">April 25, 2016</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS Speech Washington University in St Louis School of Law_04-25-2016.pdf' target='_blank'>Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, MO, April 25, 2016</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">February 02, 2016</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='Lessons Learned From Brandeis January 2016.pdf' target='_blank'>Lessons Learned from Louis D. Brandeis for Presentation at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, January 28, 2016</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">July 31, 2015</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS_Speech_ABA_Section_of_Litigation_International_Human_Rights_Award_Luncheon_07-31-15.pdf' target='_blank'>American Bar Association Section of Litigation International Human Rights Award Luncheon, Chicago, IL, July 31, 2015</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">June 15, 2015</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg </td> <td><a href='RBG_Speech_Second_Circuit_Judical_Conference_06_12_15.pdf' target='_blank'>Remarks for the Second Circuit Judicial Conference, New Platz, NY, June 12, 2015.</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 15, 2015</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS_SportsLawyersAssociation_05-15-15.pdf' target='_blank'>Sports Lawyers Association 41st Annual Conference Luncheon, Baltimore, MD, May 15, 2015</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 04, 2015</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens </td> <td><a href='JPS SpeechWashingtonDC_05-04-2015.pdf' target='_blank'>Lawyers for Civil Justice Membership Meeting, Washington, DC, May 4, 2015</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">March 24, 2015</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS_Johns_Island_Club(Florida)_03-24-2015.pdf' target='_blank'>John's Island Club Five O' Clock Hour, Vero Beach, FL, March 24, 2015</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">February 07, 2015</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS University of Miami Speech 02 07 15 EMBARGOED.pdf' target='_blank'>University of Miami Law Review Symposium, Coral Gables, FL, February 7, 2015</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">September 23, 2014</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens </td> <td><a href='JPS SpeechMichiganCollege_09-23-2014 .pdf' target='_blank'>The Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan, Benton Harbor, MI, September 23, 2014</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">September 18, 2014</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS SpeechChicago_09-18-2014.pdf' target='_blank'>15th Annual Justice John Paul Stevens Awards Luncheon, Chicago, IL, September 18, 2014</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">September 18, 2014</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS Speech(DC)_09-12-2014.pdf' target='_blank'>Administrative Law Section of the D.C. Bar 2014 Harold Leventhal Lecture, Washington, DC, September 12, 2014</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">June 18, 2014</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='RBG_Speech_Saratoga_Springs_NY_06-13-2014.pdf' target='_blank'>Remarks for Second Circuit Judicial Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 13, 2014</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">April 30, 2014</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPSSpeech(DC)04-30-2014.pdf' target='_blank'>U.S. Senate Rules and Administrative Committee Hearing on Campaign Finance Law, Washington, DC, April 30, 2014</a></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="panel panel-default" style="margin: 0 !important;"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title"> <a class="accordion-toggle toggle-text" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href='#cellmore'> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus" style="font-size:small;"></span><span class="hidden glyphicon glyphicon-minus" style="font-size:small;"></span> More</a> </h4> </div> <div class="panel-body"> <div id='cellmore' class='panel-collapse collapse'> <table class="table table-bordered"> <tr> <th>Date Posted</th> <th>Speaker</th> <th>Subject</th> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">April 28, 2014</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS Speech_Atlanta_04-16-2014.pdf' target='_blank'>The 53rd Henry J. Miller Lecture, Atlanta, GA, April 16, 2014</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">November 06, 2013</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS Speech(Georgia)_11-06-2013.pdf' target='_blank'>Originalism and History, Athens, GA, November 6, 2013</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">August 02, 2013</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='RBG_Speech_Chautauqua_NY_7-29-13.pdf' target='_blank'>Chautauqua Lawyers in Opera, Chautauqua, NY, July 29, 2013</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">June 14, 2013</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS Speech_6-14-13.pdf' target='_blank'>American Constitution Society Convention, Washington, DC, June 14, 2013</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">April 19, 2013</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS_Speech(Louisville,_KY)_04-18-13.pdf' target='_blank'>Glittering Generalities and Historic Myths, Brandeis School of Law, Louisville, KY, April 18, 2013</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">December 27, 2012</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS Speech_(Naples,_FL)_12-27-2012.pdf' target='_blank'>Tau Epsilon Rho Law Society, 92nd Annual National Convention, Naples, FL, December 27, 2012</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">November 09, 2012</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS Speech_11-09-2012.pdf' target='_blank'>Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, November 9, 2012</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">October 15, 2012</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS Speech(DC)_10-15-2012.pdf' target='_blank'>Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Legal Action Project Luncheon, Washington, DC, October 15, 2012</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">October 04, 2012</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS Speech(Chicago)_10-04-2012.pdf' target='_blank'>Henry IV Comes to America, Chicago Inn of Court Luncheon Meeting, October 4, 2012</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">October 03, 2012</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='sp_10-03-12.pdf' target='_blank'>The Ninth Vote in the "Stop the Beach" Case, Chicago-Kent College of Law, October 3, 2012</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">October 02, 2012</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS Speech(Chicago)_10-02-2012.pdf' target='_blank'>Chicago Bar Association, John Paul Stevens Awards Luncheon, Chicago, IL, October 2, 2012</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">June 18, 2012</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='Remarks_for_ACS.pdf' target='_blank'>Remarks for the American Constitution Society, Washington, DC, June 15, 2012.</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 31, 2012</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS Speech-2.pdf' target='_blank'>University of Arkansas, Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock, AR, May 30, 2012</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 24, 2012</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='ALI Speech.pdf' target='_blank'>The American Law Institute 89th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May 21, 2012</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 24, 2012</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='Duke Law.pdf' target='_blank'>Duke Law School Hooding Ceremony, Durham, NC, May 12, 2012</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">April 16, 2012</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='UTLRA Banquet speech 041412.pdf' target='_blank'>University of Texas Law Review Association’s Annual Banquet, Austin, TX, April 14, 2012</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">November 16, 2011</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens </td> <td><a href='1.pdf' target='_blank'>Kelo, Popularity, and Substantive Due Process, University of Alabama Law School, November 16, 2011 </a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">September 29, 2011</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS William E Simon Lecture.pdf' target='_blank'>Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation 2011 William E. Simon Lecture in Public Affairs, Grand Rapids, MI, September 29, 2011</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">September 22, 2011</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='JPS University of Colorado Speech 09.22.11.pdf' target='_blank'>Byron White – Hero and Scholar, University of Colorado Law School, September 22, 2011</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">July 25, 2011</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_07-22-11'>A Survey of the 2010 Term, Cooperstown, NY, July 22, 2011</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 17, 2011</td> <td style="width: 150px">Stephen Breyer</td> <td><a href='National Days of Remembrance.pdf' target='_blank'>Holocaust Memorial Museum National Days of Remembrance, Washington, DC, May 17, 2011</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 03, 2011</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='Federal Bar Council Annual Law Day Dinner(1613_001).pdf' target='_blank'>Federal Bar Council Annual Law Day Dinner, New York, NY, May 3, 2011</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 02, 2011</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='Equal Justice Init Dinner (1606_001).pdf' target='_blank'>Equal Justice Initiative Dinner, New York, NY, May 2, 2011</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">November 04, 2010</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='sp_11-04-10.pdf' target='_blank'>National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, Washington, DC, November 4, 2010</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">October 7, 2010</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='sp_10-07-10.pdf' target='_blank'>National Legal Aid & Defender Association Exemplar Award Dinner, Washington, DC, October 6, 2010</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">July 30, 2010</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_08-02-10'>International Academy of Comparative Law, American University, July 30, 2010</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">March 23, 2010</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_03-19-10'>Remarks for Pro Bono Institute Reception, Washington, DC, March 19, 2010</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">September 22, 2009</td> <td style="width: 150px">Stephen Breyer</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_09-22-09'>An Independent Judiciary: In Honor of the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Massachusetts Superior Court, Boston, MA, September 22, 2009</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">June 12, 2009</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_06-12-09'>Second Circuit Judicial Conference, Bolton Landing, NY, June 12, 2009</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 11, 2009</td> <td style="width: 150px">Stephen Breyer</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_05-11-09'>Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2009</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">March 13, 2009</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_03-13-09'>Lighter Side of Life at the United States Supreme Court, New England Law | Boston, MA, March 13, 2009</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">February 23, 2009</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_02-13-09'><i>Muller v. Oregon</i> to the Family Medical Leave Act: Protective Legislation Then and Now, Rutgers-Newark Law School, New Jersey, February 13, 2009</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 30, 2008</td> <td style="width: 150px">Stephen Breyer</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_05-28-08'>Marshall Scholars Alumni Dinner Reception, British Embassy, Washington, D.C., May 28, 2008</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">October 23, 2007</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_10-21-07'>The 20th Annual Leo and Berry Eizenstat Memorial Lecture, The Role of Dissenting Opinions, October 21, 2007</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">January 29, 2007</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_01-26-07'>Remarks for Suffolk Law School, January 26, 2007</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">August 14, 2006</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_07-11-06'>Remarks for ABA Center for Rule of Law Initiatives Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, July 11, 2006</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">August 11, 2006</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_08-11-06'>Remarks for American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, August 11, 2006</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 2, 2006</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_05-04-06'>Remarks for American Bar Association Initiative: Renaissance of Idealism in the Legal Profession, May 2, 2006 </a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">March 2, 2006</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_02-10-06'>Advocating the Elimination of Gender-Based Discrimination, University of Cape Town, South Africa, February 10, 2006</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">March 2, 2006</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_02-07a-06'><i>Brown v. Board of Education</i> in International Context University of Pretoria, South Africa, February 7, 2006</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">March 2, 2006</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_02-07b-06'>Speech at the Constitutional Court of South Africa, February 7, 2006</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">August 12, 2005</td> <td style="width: 150px">John Paul Stevens</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_08-06-05'>Address to the American Bar Association Thurgood Marshall Awards Dinner Honoring Abner Mikva, August 6, 2005</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 26, 2005</td> <td style="width: 150px">Stephen Breyer</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_05-20-05'>New School University Commencement Address, May 20, 2005</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">November 24, 2004</td> <td style="width: 150px">Stephen Breyer</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_11-17-04'>Harvard University Tanner Lectures on Human Values 2004-2005, November 17, 18 and 19, 2004</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">October 25, 2004</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_10-25-04'><i>Brown v. Board of Education</i> in International Context, October 21, 2004</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">August 22, 2004</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_08-22-04'>Remarks for Touro Synagogue, August 22, 2004</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 18, 2004</td> <td style="width: 150px">William H. Rehnquist</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_05-17-04a'>Remarks of the Chief Justice, ALI Annual Meeting, May 17, 2004</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 18, 2004</td> <td style="width: 150px">Stephen Breyer</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_05-17-04b'>50th Anniversary of <i>Brown v. Board of Education</i>, May 17, 2004</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 18, 2004</td> <td style="width: 150px">William H. Rehnquist</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_05-15-04'>Remarks of the Chief Justice, Dedication of Ohio Judicial Center, May 15, 2004</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">April 26, 2004</td> <td style="width: 150px">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_04-22-04'>National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance, April 22, 2004</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">April 7, 2004</td> <td style="width: 150px">William H. Rehnquist</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_04-07-04'>Rededication of the Roger Brooke Taney House and Museum, April 7, 2004</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">February 25, 2004</td> <td style="width: 150px">Stephen Breyer</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_02-16-04'>Brandeis Lecture at University of Louisville School of Law, February 16, 2004</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">September 2, 2003</td> <td style="width: 150px">Anthony M. Kennedy</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_08-09-03'>American Bar Association Annual Meeting, August 9, 2003</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">July 10, 2003</td> <td style="width: 150px">Sandra Day O'Connor</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_07-04-03'>National Constitution Center, July 4, 2003</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">June 23, 2003</td> <td style="width: 150px">Stephen G. Breyer</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_06-20-03'>Reflexions Relatives Au Principe De Fraternite, June 20, 2003</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 28, 2003</td> <td style="width: 150px">William H. Rehnquist</td> <td><a href='viewspeech/sp_05-28-03'>Statement of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on Receipt of ABA-FBA White Paper on Judicial Pay, May 28, 2003</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="width: 150px">May 27, 2003</td> <td style="width: 150px">Stephen G. 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