Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 10, 1993
Nominated by Bill Clinton
Preceded by Byron White
Personal details
Born Ruth Joan Bader
March 15, 1933 (1933-03-15) (age 80)
Brooklyn (New York City), New York, United States
Spouse(s) Martin D. Ginsburg (since 1955)
Children Jane Ginsburg (born 1955)
James Ginsburg (born 1965)
Alma mater Cornell University
Columbia Law School
Religion Jewish

Ruth Bader Ginsberg is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was born on March 15, 1933. She has been an Associate Justice since 1993. She is Jewish.[1]

Ginsburg had surgery for colon cancer in 1999 and for pancreatic cancer in 2009.[2]

References [change]

  1. Ginsburg talks about Jewish heritage
  2. Ginsburg has surgery for pancreatic cancer