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The Virginia Military Institute was founded. The Virginia Military Institute (V.M.I.) was once a military college for male leaders (now female as well) to thrive and become military soldiers. The VMI has supported and taught many soldiers in training who are all exceptional generals, sargeants today in the military. Among the graduates of The VMI, Nobel prizes and medals of honor were given out. The VMI was “founded in 1839 and is the oldest military college in the United States.”

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Scalia and Ginsburg first served together on the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, often called the second-highest court in the land, in the 1980s.

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Justice Ginsburg spoke at the VMI’s Cameron Hall and changed the views of the many who have heard her speak in this interview. Ginsburg read a poem promoting feminism and states that she believes that letting female students into VMI would “make VMI a better place”- Ginsburg. This lead to the official change of the VMI into accepting women soldiers.

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Before the effect by Ruth Bader Ginsburg for women to be treated fairly in the military school known as the Virginia Military Institute, women were having a very hard time in the school. Candidate Jennifer Carroll Foy entered the Virginia Military Institute in 1999. “It was definitely difficult,” said Foy. “I was constantly having to prove that I belonged. That I was worthy of a VMI degree. That I could withstand any of the challenges. Women had a more difficult time than the men did because all of the attention was on us. We couldn’t blend into the crowd. We couldn’t disappear. We couldn’t make mistakes. Eyes were constantly on you. And you had to constantly exceed expectations.” She explained how she stood out from the crowd therefore had a hard time living up to the expectations of the classes. She states how the Virginia Military Institute did not make any efforts to make accommodations to women at the school. For example she says “VMI didn’t change any of their standards. So when men got their heads shaved bald, I got my head shaved bald. They gave me a man’s uniform and for years I marched, sweat and bled beside over 1000 male cadets. They all knew my name. I was the only one who looked like me.” This made her feel discriminated, excluded, and of little importance among the other candidates.

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Atkins v. Virginia is another case in the Supreme Court, which ruled 6-3 to prohibit the death penalty against people with intellectual disabilities.

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Roper v. Simmons was a landmark decision in the Supreme Court. Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Anthony Kennedy provided critical votes in the Court’s 6-3 decision to prohibit the use of the death penalty for defendants under the age of 18 at the time of the crime.

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Kennedy v. Louisiana was a landmark 5-4 decision in the Supreme Court, that stated and ruled that the death penalty was a disproportionate punishment for cases in which no one was killed.

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Since 2015 when the Death Penalty Information Center started recording the stays of execution (a delay in carrying out a court order), every death sentenced prisoner who received a stay of execution from the supreme court was because of Ginsburg's vote.

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2018- Hannah Gillan (Ginsburgs effort makes big changes)

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2018- Hannah Gillan (Ginsburgs effort makes big changes)

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Gillan, a 19-year-old cadet from the Boston area, was born the same year women joined the rat line. After Ginsburg’s persuasive speech which changed the VMI, allowing women to enroll, Cadet Hannah Gillan ’19 completed the U.S. Army’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape school at Fort Rucker, Alabama, June 24, 2018. In a SERE class of more than 70, she was one of six females and the only female cadet. "I came here and they had female leaders since the first class graduated," said Gillan. "They have had these pioneers."  “I wouldn't have been here without ginsburg.” - Hannah Gillan. This quote shows how appreciative and inspired Hannah was to Ginsburg and how Ginsburg’s speech had changed and helped Hannah’s life greatly by allowing her to enroll and acomplish so much in VMI.