Ruth Bader Ginsburg (born Joan Ruth Bader, March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020), also known by her initials RBG, was an American 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 and was generally viewed as belonging to the liberal wing of the Court. Ginsburg was the second woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, after Sandra Day O'Connor. Following O'Connor's retirement in 2006 and until Sonia Sotomayor joined the Court in 2009, she was the only female justice on the Supreme Court. During that time, Ginsburg became more forceful with her dissents, which were noted by legal observers and in popular culture. Ginsburg authored notable majority opinions, including United States v. Virginia(1996), Olmstead v. L.C.(1999), and Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.(2000).
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Joan Ruth Bader 15 March 1933 Beth Moses Hospital, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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18 September 2020 (aged 87) Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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