Δύο δικαστές του ανώτατου δικαστηρίου έχουν δολοφονηθεί. Μια φοιτήτρια νομικής σκόνταψε πάνω στην αλήθεια. Ένας δημοσιογράφος θέλει να μάθει την ιστορία της, όλοι οι υπόλοιποι την θέλουν νεκρή.
Το 1958, στην πολιτεία της Βιρτζίνια, η ιδέα και μόνο ενός διαφυλετικού γάμου ήταν ανήθικη και παράνομη. Όταν ο Ρίτσαρντ και η Μίλντρεντ ερωτεύονται, ξέρουν ότι ο κόσμος τους κοιτάει επικριτικά. Όλα αυτά όμως χειροτερεύουν όταν παίρνουν την απόφαση να παντρευτούν, όπου συλλαμβάνονται και φυλακίζονται. Το ζευγάρι αποφασίζει να φτάσει την υπόθεση στο Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο με σκοπό να παλέψουν για την αγάπη τους...
Ένας πράκτορας της υπηρεσίας δίωξης ναρκωτικών ερευνά την εξαφάνιση ενός θρυλικού εκπαιδευτή των Ρέιντζερ και αρκετών από τους δόκιμούς του κατά την διάρκεια μιας εκπαιδευτικής άσκησης που είχε άσχημη κατάληξη.
1975. Η πραγματική ιστορία της Ρουθ Μπέιντερ Γκίνσμπουργκ, μιας αγωνίστριας δικηγόρου και νέας μητέρας που αντιμετώπισε πολλές αντιξοότητες αλλά και μια σειρά από εμπόδια στον αγώνα της για ίσα δικαιώματα μεταξύ ανδρών και γυναικών. Η Ρουθ αναλαμβάνει μια επαναστατική φορολογική υπόθεση μαζί με τον σύζυγό της δικηγόρο Μάρτιν Γκίνσμπουργκ, με την ελπίδα ότι θα αλλάξει ο τρόπος που τα δικαστήρια αντιμετωπίζουν τις σεξουαλικές διακρίσεις, και η καριέρα της θα αλλάξει τελείως πορεία.
Η εξαιρετική ζωή και η καριέρα της δικαστή του Ανώτατου Δικαστηρίου των ΗΠΑ Ρουθ Μπέιντερ Γκίνσμπεργκ, η οποία ανέπτυξε μια εκπληκτική νομική κληρονομιά, ενώ ταυτόχρονα έγινε απροσδόκητα ένα είδωλο λαϊκού πολιτισμού.
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