“Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a true hero and a giant of American jurisprudence. Ginsburg sailed through the Senate’s confirmation. Hatch, considered by President Ronald Reagan for the high court, called Ginsburg a “highly honest and capable jurist.”Ĭlinton interviewed Ginsburg and later said he was instantly impressed, submitting her nomination to the Senate the next day. Attorney General Janet Reno ’61, an admirer of her legal work. Orrin Hatch of Utah had suggested Ginsburg to Clinton, as did U.S.

President Bill Clinton nominated her to the Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Byron White in 1993. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter appointed Ginsburg to the U.S. She researched and argued six gender discrimination cases before the Supreme Court in the 1970s, winning five. Working at the American Civil Liberties Union in 1972, she founded the Women’s Rights Project. Ginsburg’s protection of equality and the advancement of the rights of all people, particularly women, helped to transform American society.

Ginsburg died from complications of cancer, according to a statement from the Supreme Court. Supreme Court, and who – as an octogenarian – became a cultural hero and arguably the most beloved justice in American history, died Sept. Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54, whose legal career in the fight for women’s rights, equal rights and human dignity culminated with her ascent to the U.S.

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