Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneering American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and became a leading advocate for gender equality and civil rights.

Aliases (8)
  • Joan Ruth Bader ×3
  • Ginsburg ×1
  • Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ×1
  • Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ×1
  • Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg ×1
  • RBG ×1
  • U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ×1
  • U.S. Supreme Court justices ×1

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
civil rights advocate
feminist
human
jurist
lawyer
legal scholar
almaMater Columbia Law School
Cornell University
appointedBy Bill Clinton
awardReceived American Bar Association Medal
National Women’s Hall of Fame induction
birthName Joan Ruth Bader
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery
causeOfDeath complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer
child James Steven Ginsburg
Jane C. Ginsburg
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1933-03-15
dateOfDeath 2020-09-18
degree Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University
LL.B. from Columbia Law School
educatedAt Columbia Law School
Cornell University
Harvard Law School
employer Columbia Law School
Rutgers Law School
endTime 2020-09-18
endTime (D.C. Circuit judgeship) 1993-08-09
familyName Bader
Ginsburg
founded ACLU Women’s Rights Project
fullName Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg
gender female
givenName Ruth
honorificNickname Notorious RBG
knownFor advocacy for gender equality
advocacy for women’s rights
civil rights jurisprudence
dissenting opinions on the U.S. Supreme Court
languagesSpoken English
memberOf American Civil Liberties Union
nominatedBy Jimmy Carter
notableWork Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent
United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion
numberOfChildren 2
occupation professor of law
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States
politicalAlignment liberal wing of the U.S. Supreme Court
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
religion Judaism
spouse Martin D. Ginsburg
startTime 1993-08-10
startTime (D.C. Circuit judgeship) 1980-06-30
workLocation New York City
Washington, D.C.

Referenced by (76)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Printz v. United States
Town of Greece v. Galloway
dissentBy
Dickerson v. United States
Lawrence v. Texas
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.
Saenz v. Roe
United States v. Comstock
Windsor v. United States (in part)
joinedByInMajority
American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi
Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
United States v. Lopez
Van Orden v. Perry
dissentingOpinionBy
Arizona v. United States
City of Boerne v. Flores
Gonzales v. Raich
Obergefell v. Hodges
joinedMajority
King v. Burwell
Romer v. Evans
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Trump v. Vance
majorityJustices
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ("Joan Ruth Bader")
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ("Joan Ruth Bader")
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ("Joan Ruth Bader")
birthName
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvard University
hasNotableAlumni
Bush v. Gore
Gratz v. Bollinger
dissentingJustice
Alabama v. Shelton
Cutter v. Wilkinson
hasMajorityOpinionBy
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
United States v. Morrison
joinedDissent
Notorious RBG ("U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg")
appliesTo
October Term 2012
associateJustice
United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion
author
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent
authoredBy
Notorious RBG
bookSubject
On the Basis of Sex
character
Grutter v. Bollinger
concurrenceInPartAndDissentInPartBy
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
dissentingJustices
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ("Ginsburg")
familyName
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ("Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg")
fullName
Shelby County v. Holder
hasDissentingOpinionBy
Notorious RBG ("Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg")
hasFullForm
Shelby County v. Holder
hasJusticeInDissent
Cutter v. Wilkinson
hasJusticeOnCourt
Alabama v. Shelton
hasMajorityJustices
Harvard Law School ("U.S. Supreme Court justices")
hasNotableAlumniInField
Bader
hasNotableBearer
ABA Medal
hasRecipient
Martin D. Ginsburg
hasRelative
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
joinedBreyerDissentBy
Bond v. United States ("Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg")
joinedBy
NFIB v. Sebelius
joinedInTaxPowerMajority
Grutter v. Bollinger
joinedMajorityBy
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
justiceInDissent
Clinton v. Jones
justiceInMajority
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
mainSubject
Shana Knizhnik
mainSubjectOfWork
Bostock v. Clayton County
majorityJoinedBy
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ("RBG")
nickname
Columbia Law School
notableAlumni
American Bar Association Medal
notableRecipient
Jane C. Ginsburg
parent
Amy Coney Barrett
precededBy
Notorious RBG
refersTo
NFIB v. Sebelius
separateOpinionBy
Martin D. Ginsburg
spouse
On the Basis of Sex
subject
Irin Carmon
subjectOfWork
Bader
usedBy

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