Ruth Bader Ginsburg
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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Assumed office August 10, 1993 |
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| Nominated by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Byron White |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
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In office June 30, 1980 – August 10, 1993 |
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| Nominated by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Harold Leventhal |
| Succeeded by | David Tatel |
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Joan Ruth Bader March 15, 1933 Brooklyn, New York City |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Martin Ginsburg (m. 1954; death 2010) |
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| Alma mater |
Cornell University Columbia University |
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Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born Joan Ruth Bader; March 15, 1933) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice (after Sandra Day O'Connor) and one of four female justices appointed on the Supreme Court (along with Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who are still serving).
She is generally viewed as belonging to the liberal wing of the Court. Before becoming a judge, Ginsburg spent a considerable portion of her legal career as an advocate for the advancement of women's rights as a constitutional principle. She advocated as a volunteer lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union and was a member of its board of directors and one of its general counsel in the 1970s. She was a professor at Rutgers School of Law–Newark and Columbia Law School. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Joan Ruth Bader is the second daughter of Nathan and Celia (née Amster) Bader, Russian Jewish immigrants, who lived in the Flatbush neighborhood. The Baders' older daughter, Marylin, died of Meningitis at age 6 when Ruth was 14 months old. The family called Joan Ruth "Kiki," a nickname Marylin had given her for being "a kicky baby." When "Kiki' started school Celia discovered her daughter's class had several other girls named "Joan," and Celia suggested the teacher call her daughter Ruth to avoid confusion. Although not devout, the Bader family practiced Judaism and belonged to a Conservative temple East Midwood Jewish Center, where Ruth learned tenets of the Jewish faith and gained familiarity with the Hebrew language. At age thirteen, Ruth acted as the "camp rabbi" at a Jewish summer program at Camp Che-Na-Wah in Minerva, New York.
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