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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Ginsburg is the second female to serve on the Court (after Sandra Day O'Connor), and is considered one of the Court's more liberal Justices.



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