The former president remembered the Supreme Court justice, who died of cancer at age 87. He nominated her to the bench in 1993.
Clinton issued a statement Friday evening, afterNewly confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee as associate justice of the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg addresses the news media as President Bill Clinton joins her in the White House Rose Garden on Aug. 3, 1993.
“She was a magnificent judge and a wonderful person — a brilliant lawyer with a caring heart, common sense, fierce devotion to fairness and equality, and boundless courage in the face of her own adversity,”“Her 27 years on the court exceeded even my highest expectations when I appointed her. Her landmark opinions advancing gender equality, marriage equality, the rights of people with disabilities, the rights of immigrants, and so many more moved us closer to ‘a more perfect union.
Clinton nominated Ginsburg to the Supreme Court in 1993 after she had served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 1980. From 2006 until 2009, she was the only woman on the Supreme Court.Former President Bill Clinton, left, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Oct. 30, 2019, at Georgetown Law's second annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture in Washington, D.C.
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