President Bill Clinton announced his nomination of Justice Ginsburg to the Supreme Court on June 15,1993.
She was sworn in on August 10, 1993 at the White House.
Bill Clinton announced his nominated of Justice Ginsburg to the the Supreme Court on June 15,1993. She was sworn in on August 10,1993 in the White House.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a fighter and one of the champions of women's rights. She often dissented when she disagreed with other Justices opinions.
I Dissent!
Justice Ginsburg with her fellow Supreme Court Justices
Notorious RBG
United States v. Virginia, was decided in 1996. This case was about how VMI (Virginia Military Institute) would not accept women to the school. Justice Ginsburg wrote the majority opinion allowing women to attend the school.
United States v. Virginia
Lilly Ledbetter sued her employer for gender discrimination. Ledbetter wasn't getting paid as much as men. Ledbetter lost the case Ginsburg dissented because she knew that was unfair.
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Obergefell v. Hodges
Justice Ginsburg helped make same sex marraige in the United States legal in the case called Obergefell v. Hodges. This was decided in 2015.
Ruth had cancer multipletimes but kept fighting.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was referred as Notorious RBG because of her famous dissents.
Before she died Justice Ginsburg was an insiderbecause she was more well known and respected than when she was younger. She was caring, optimistic, a rolemodel, mentor, and a heroine.
Ruth died on September 18, 2020. She served on the Supreme Court for 27 years until she was 87 when she passed away.