Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Description: Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an American lawyer and jurist who served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton to replace retiring justice Byron White and, at the time, was viewed as a moderate consensus-builder. Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court, after Sandra Day O'Connor. During her tenure, Ginsburg authored the majority opinions in cases such as United States v. Virginia (1996), Olmstead v. L.C. (1999),

Profession: lawyer Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States