Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (born Joan Ruth Bader; March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in September 2020. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton, replacing retiring justice Byron White, and at the time was generally viewed as a moderate consensus-builder. She eventually became part of the liberal wing of the Court as the Court shifted to the right over time. Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court, after Sandra Day O'Connor. Ginsburg was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Her older sister died when she was a baby, and her mother died shortly before Ginsburg graduated from high school. She earned her bachelor's degree at Cornell University and married Martin D. Ginsburg, becoming a mother before starting law school at Harvard, where she was one of the few women in her class. Ginsburg transferred to Columbia Law School, where she graduated joint first in her class. During the early 1960s, she worked with the Columbia Law School Project on International Procedure, learned Swedish, and co-authored a book with Swedish jurist Anders Bruzelius; her work in Sweden profoundly influenced her thinking on gender equality. She then became a professor at Rutgers Law School and Columbia Law School, teaching civil procedure as one of the few women in her field. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women's rights, winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. She advocated as a volunteer attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union and was a member of its board of directors and one of its general counsel in the 1970s. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where she served until her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1993. Between O'Connor's retirement in 2006 and the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor in 2009, she was the only female justice on the Supreme Court. During that time, Ginsburg became more forceful with her dissents, notably in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007). Ginsburg's dissenting opinion was credited with inspiring the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2009, making it easier for employees to win pay discrimination claims. Ginsburg received attention in American popular culture for her passionate dissents in numerous cases, widely seen as reflecting paradigmatically liberal views of the law. She was dubbed "The Notorious R.B.G.", and she later embraced the moniker. Ginsburg died at her home in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2020, at the age of 87, from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Given the proximity of her death to the 2020 election and Ginsburg's wish for her replacement not to be chosen "until a new president is installed", the decision for President Trump to appoint and all but one of the Republican Senators to confirm Amy Coney Barrett as her replacement proved controversial after the Senate Republican majority's prior refusal to hold a hearing or vote for Merrick Garland in early 2016 under Barack Obama after the death of Antonin Scalia.

  • Title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Popularity: 0.759
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1933-03-15
  • Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Homepage: https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographyGinsburg.aspx
  • Also Known As: Joan Ruth Bader, RBG, The Notorious R.B.G
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Movies

  • 1997
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    The Second Inauguration of Bill Clinton

    The Second Inauguration of Bill Clinton

    1 1997 HD

    The second inauguration of Bill Clinton as the 42nd president of the United States was held on Monday, January 20, 1997, at the West Front of the...

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  • 2018
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    RBG

    RBG

    7.5 2018 HD

    Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish...

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  • 2018
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    On the Basis of Sex

    On the Basis of Sex

    7.4 2018 HD

    Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century...

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  • 2018
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    Out of Many, One

    Out of Many, One

    5.6 2018 HD

    The U.S. has long offered a promise of opportunity to immigrants, but currently immigration has become a divisive issue. This documentary illustrates...

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  • 2018
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    Fahrenheit 11/9

    Fahrenheit 11/9

    7.2 2018 HD

    Michael Moore's provocative documentary explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How did we get here, and how do we get out.

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  • 2014
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    The Sturgeon Queens

    The Sturgeon Queens

    6 2014 HD

    Four generations of a Jewish immigrant family create Russ and Daughters, a Lower East Side lox and herring emporium that survives and thrives....

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  • 2009
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    Capitalism: A Love Story

    Capitalism: A Love Story

    7.1 2009 HD

    Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives...

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  • 2021
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    The Automat

    The Automat

    6.9 2021 HD

    The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee...

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  • 2018
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    Reversing Roe

    Reversing Roe

    7.3 2018 HD

    Documentary that delves deep into the history of abortion law, revealing the contradictory ways in which women's bodies have been used to further...

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  • 2004
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    Fahrenheit 9/11

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    7.08 2004 HD

    Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in...

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  • 2013
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    Citizen Koch

    Citizen Koch

    6.9 2013 HD

    Wisconsin—birthplace of the Republican Party, government unions, cheeseheads and Paul Ryan—becomes a test market in the campaign to buy...

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  • 2019
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    RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words

    RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words

    6.7 2019 HD

    How does some one with three strikes against her, rise to the highest court in the land, the U. S. Supreme Court?

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  • 2009
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    Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

    Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

    5 2009 HD

    The story of the actor, writer and broadcasting pioneer, Gertrude Berg.

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  • 2020
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    Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries

    Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries

    4 2020 HD

    “Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries with Desi Lydic” follows Lydic on a journey through the five stages of grief—denial, anger,...

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  • 2021
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    My Name Is Pauli Murray

    My Name Is Pauli Murray

    8 2021 HD

    Overlooked by history, Pauli Murray was a legal trailblazer whose ideas influenced RBG's fight for gender equality and Thurgood Marshall's landmark...

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  • 2013
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    Makers: Women Who Make America

    Makers: Women Who Make America

    4.5 2013 HD

    The story of the modern American women’s movement and its impact on work fields once largely closed to women.

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  • 2008
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    The Jewish Americans

    The Jewish Americans

    1 2008 HD

    Explores 350 years of Jewish American history, beginning with the first Jews who arrive in the 17th century, who epitomized the immigrant experience....

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  • 2022
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    Live to Lead

    Live to Lead

    4.3 2022 HD

    Leaders committed to making a difference in the world share their inspiring life stories in this series executive produced by Prince Harry and Meghan.

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  • 1979
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    CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

    6.2 1979 HD

    The sparkling notes of a trumpet fanfare and the familiar logo of the sun alert viewers that it's time for CBS's Sunday morning staple. Journalist...

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