Biography
Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an 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), Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. (2000), and City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York (2005). Later in her tenure, Ginsburg received attention for passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law.
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Awards & recognition
- Elizabeth Blackwell Award · 2021
- Berggruen Prize · 2019
- Genesis Prize · 2018
- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal · 2015
- Radcliffe Medal · 2015
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- Time 100 · 2015
- honorary doctor of Harvard University · 2011
- Jefferson Awards — Public Service · 2011
- honorary doctorate from Princeton University · 2010
- honorary doctor of the Ohio State University · 2009
- honorary doctor of the Willamette University · 2009
- Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women · 2004
- Brandeis Medal · 2003
- National Women's Hall of Fame · 2002
- Golden Plate Award · 1995
- Margaret Brent Award · 1993
- honorary doctorate of Lund University · 1969
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Filmography14 titles
My Name Is Pauli Murray
RBG
On the Basis of Sex
Reversing Roe
Fahrenheit 11/9
Capitalism: A Love Story
Fahrenheit 9/11
CBS News Sunday Morning
Citizen Koch
The Automat
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Out of Many, One
Live to Lead