Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (/ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/; born Joan Ruth Bader; 15 Mairch 1933 – 18 September 2020) wis a American jurist that sert as an associate juistice o the Supreme Coort of the Unitit States fae 1993 till her deith in 2020. She wis nominatit by Preses Bill Clinton an wis generally viewed as a moderate juidge thit ws a consensus bigger at the time o her nomination. She eventual becam pairt o the leeberal wing o the Coort as the Coort shiftit tae the richt ower time. Ginsburg wis the seicont wumman tae ser on the U.S. Supreme Coort, efter Sandra Day O'Connor. Durin her tenure, Ginsburg wrat weel-kent majority opeenions, includin United States v. Virginia (1996), Olmstead v. L.C. (1999), and Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. (2000).

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Official limn, 2016
Associate Juistice o the Supreme Coort o the Unitit States
In office August 10, 1993 – September 18, 2020
Nominatit bi	Bill Clinton
Precedit bi	Byron White
Succeedit bi	TBD
Judge o the Unitit States Coort o Appeals for the Destrict o Columbie Circuit
In office June 30, 1980 – August 9, 1993
Nominatit bi	Jimmy Carter
Precedit bi	Harold Leventhal
Succeedit bi	David Tatel
Personal details
Born	Joan Ruth Bader 15 Mairch 1933(1933-03-15) Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Dee'd	18 September 2020(2020-09-18) (aged 87) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Cause o daith	Complications fae pancreatic cancer
Restin place	Arlington Naitional Seemetry (planned)
Spoose(s)	Martin Ginsburg (m. 1954; d. 2010)
Bairns	Jane James
Eddication	Cornell University (BA) Columbia University (LLB)
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Early Life

Joan Ruth Bader wis born on 15t o March, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York tae Nathan Bader an Celia Amster. Her faimly bade in the wirkin-cless Flatbush pairt o Brooklyn. Her faither flittit ower frae Odessa, Ukraine an her mither wis born in New York tae fowks umwhile frae Krakow in Poland. Ruth wis cryed "Kiki" bi her fowk, efter her sister, Marylin gied her the eikname for bein "a kicky babbie". She went bi Ruth acause thare wis a hantle o ither lasses cryed Joan, an her mither speirt at the dominie tae uise "Ruth" insteid o Joan.