Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 14, 1993 and has served since August 10, 1993.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87 from complications of metastatic pancreas cancer. She was surrounded by her family at her home in Washington, D.C.
Ginsburg, known as RBG, was appointed to the Supreme Court by PresidentBill Clintonin 1993. Up until January, the justice didn't miss a single day of work, a fact made all the more impressive because she's battled three kinds of cancer since her appointment. She was the first female Jewish justice and the second of four women ever on America's highest court.
Ginsburg grew up in Brooklyn, got a bachelor's degree at Cornell and went to law school at Harvard and Columbia, where she graduated at the top of her class. From there, she taught at Rutgers and Columbia before PresidentJimmy Carterappointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1980. She was there until her appointment to the Supreme Court.
Chief JusticeJohn Robertscommented on Ginsburg's passing saying, "Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her, a tired and resolute champion of justice."
Ginsburg made a name for herself with her fiery dissents, and in 2018,Felicity Jonesstarred as her in the biopicOn The Basis Of Sex.
Ginsburg is survived by her daughter,Jane, and her son,James.Martin, her husband of 56 years, passed away in 2010.
ByDave Basner Sep 18, 2020