Supreme Court
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Appointment
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Title
- Associate Justice
- Appointed by
- William J. ClintonDemocratic president
- Seat
- SCT0713
- Nominated
- June 22, 1993
- Committee hearing
- July 20, 1993
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)July 29, 1993
- Senate vote
- 96–3Roll Call
- Confirmed
- Aug. 3, 1993
- Commissioned
- Aug. 5, 1993
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Service ended
- Sept. 18, 2020Death
Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.
Judicial service history
Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.
| Court | Title | Commissioned | Ended | Appointed by |
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| U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Judge | June 18, 1980 | Aug. 10, 1993 Appointment to Another Judicial Position | Jimmy Carter |
| Supreme Court of the United States | Associate Justice | Aug. 5, 1993 | Sept. 18, 2020 Death | William J. Clinton |
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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July 30, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in Little v. Reclaim Idaho
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July 14, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in Barr v. Lee
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July 10, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in Peterson v. Linear Controls, Inc.
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July 9, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in Sharp v. Murphy
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July 9, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP
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July 9, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in Sharp v. Murphy
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July 9, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in McGirt v. Oklahoma
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July 9, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in Trump v. Vance
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July 8, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
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July 8, 2020
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July 8, 2020
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July 6, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in Chiafalo v. Washington
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Dissent | Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania | Supreme Court | July 8, 2020 |
| Dissent | Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue | Supreme Court | June 30, 2020 |
| Lead opinion | U.S. Patent & Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V. | Supreme Court | June 30, 2020 |
| Lead opinion | United States v. Sineneng-Smith | Supreme Court | May 7, 2020 |
| Dissent | Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. | Supreme Court | April 28, 2020 |
| Lead opinion | Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP | Supreme Court | April 28, 2020 |
| Dissent | Georgia v. Public Resource.Org, Inc. | Supreme Court | April 27, 2020 |
| Dissent | Georgia v. Public Resource.Org, Inc. | Supreme Court | April 27, 2020 |
| Lead opinion | Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP | Supreme Court | April 20, 2020 |
| Concurrence in part | Comcast Corp. v. National Assn. of African-American Owned Media | Supreme Court | March 23, 2020 |
| Lead opinion | Monasky v. Taglieri | Supreme Court | Feb. 26, 2020 |
| Lead opinion | Shular v. United States | Supreme Court | Feb. 26, 2020 |
| Lead opinion | Shular v. United States | Supreme Court | Feb. 26, 2020 |
| Dissent | Hernández v. Mesa | Supreme Court | Feb. 25, 2020 |
| Lead opinion | Monasky v. Taglieri | Supreme Court | Feb. 25, 2020 |
| Dissent | McKinney v. Arizona | Supreme Court | Feb. 25, 2020 |