Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is from Brooklyn, New York. She received her B.A. from Cornell University. She also attended Harvard Law School and received her LL.B. from Columbia Law School. She was instrumental in launching the Women's Rights Project of the ACLU in 1971. President Bill Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; she took her seat on August 10, 1993, replacing Associate Justice Byron White and becoming only the second woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
For more information, check out the biographies of current Justices here.
Also, check out his biography on The Oyez Project here.
Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Philosophy
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court - Meet the Current Justices
It occurred to me that, with the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, many of you may be interested in learning more about the Supreme Court and the current justices. To start, here are some links to information:
Supreme Court of the United States
Biographies of Current Justices
All members of the Supreme Court of the United States
Another interesting site to check out is The Oyez Project, a multimedia archive devoted to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Check out more cool links here.
Every day, we'll focus on a different justice, so tune in!
Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Philosophy
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