This Clinton appointee to the United State's highest court is a former general counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union and a longtime law profes

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born March 15, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Nathan Bader and Celia Amster Bader. In 1954, she married Martin D. Ginsburg, now a professor of tax law at Georgetown University Law Center. They have two children: Jane C. Ginsburg, a professor at Columbia Law School, and James S. Ginsburg, a producer of classical recordings.Elementary and high schools: P.S. 238 and James Madison High School, Brooklyn, New York. College: Cornell University, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, B.A. 1954, with high honors in Government and distinction in all subjects, College of Arts and Sciences Class Marshal. Law schools: attended Harvard Law School (1956-58), Harvard Law Review; Columbia Law School, LL.B. (J.D.) 1959, Columbia Law Review, Kent ScholarAdmitted to New York Bar in 1959 and District of Columbia Bar in 1975. American Civil Liberties Union: Women's Rights Project, Founder and Counsel (1972-80); General Counsel (1973-80); National Board of Directors (1974-80). Other affiliations include: American Bar Foundation Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Secretary (1979-89), American Bar Association Journal Board of Editors (1972-78); ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, Council Member (1975-81); American Law Institute, Council Member (1978-1993); American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow (1982-); Council on Foreign Relations (1975-).Nominated by President Carter to United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; took oath of office June 30, 1980. Nominated by President Clinton as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; took oath of office August 10, 1993.