U.S. Supreme Court
Career Highlights: Died September 2020. Appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Supreme Court, 1993; appointed by President Carter to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 1980; general counsel, American Civil Liberties Union, 1973-80; professor, Columbia University School of Law, 1972-80; founder and director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Women's Rights Project, 1971-73; professor, Rutgers University School of Law, 1963-72; research associate and associate director of the Columbia Law School Project on International Procedure, 1961-63; law clerk to U.S. District Judge Edmund L. Palmieri of the Southern District of New York, 1959-61
Law School: Harvard Law School; LL.B., Columbia Law School
Career Highlights: Died September 2020. Appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Supreme Court, 1993; appointed by President Carter to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 1980; general counsel, American Civil Liberties Union, 1973-80; professor, Columbia University School of Law, 1972-80; founder and director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Women's Rights Project, 1971-73; professor, Rutgers University School of Law, 1963-72; research associate and associate director of the Columbia Law School Project on International Procedure, 1961-63; law clerk to U.S. District Judge Edmund L. Palmieri of the Southern District of New York, 1959-61
Law School: Harvard Law School; LL.B., Columbia Law School
WASHINGTON - New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre compares Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to his star shortstop, Derek Jeter.
TV journalist Mike Wallace lauds the justice for rising from "the gritty streets of Brooklyn" to pre-eminence in the field of law.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., praises her for winning major court victories in the battle for gender equality.
And the great tenor Placido Domingo serenades Ginsburg for her lo... (continued)
