Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg was nominated by President William Jefferson Clinton as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Following confirmation by the U.S. Senate, 97-3, Ginsburg was commissioned August 5, 2003, and took the oath of office August 10, 1993. Ginsburg is the second female Justice to serve on the Supreme Court. 


 * Advisory Board, Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies
 * Honorary Chair, World Justice Project

Profiles
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg was born March 15, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. 

In 2004, Forbes magazine selected Ginsburg &mdash; "former general counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union and a longtime law professor" &mdash; as the 7th most powerful woman in the world. 

Profiles

 * Biography: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, OYEZ.org, U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia, accessed May 4, 2006.
 * Profile: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, FindLaw.com.
 * Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Wikipedia.
 * Biography: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Cornell Law School.

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 * Bush's judicial nominees

Articles & Commentary

 * Gina Holland, "Ginsburg: Congress' watchdog plan 'scary'," Associated Press (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), May 2, 2006.
 * Chris Buell, "Ginsburg criticizes Congressional proposal for judicial watchdog," Jurist, May 3, 2006.
 * "Supreme Court Justice tells legal group that plan to oversee judges 'like the Soviet Union'," The Raw Story, May 4, 2006.