Frontiero v. Richardson

A result of her work led to the end of numerous examples of gender discrimination throughout multiple areas of law.

During her time with the ACLU, some of the cases she was involved with for the Women's Rights Project included Frontiero v. Richardson, which challenged an existing statute that made it more difficult for a female service member to claim increased housing allowance for her husband than if a male service member did the same for his wife.

She won the case.

In Weinberg v. Wiesenfeld, Ginzburg argued for a widower who was being denied survivor benefits under Social Security.

a simplistic answer.

Frontiero warns against unexamined sex presumptions.

Schlesinger recognizes that materially different legal pathways can justify different treatment.

Rosker demonstrates extraordinary judicial deference to deliberate congressional military judgment.