Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 15, 1933.

President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat August 10, 1993.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/biographiescurrent.pdf

WASHINGTON -- A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft can't face a lawsuit from a former Sept. 11 detainee who argued they were responsible for his restrictive confinement because of his religious beliefs.

The court on Monday overturned a lower court decision that let Javaid Iqbal's (Ick-ball) lawsuit against the high-ranking officials proceed.

Iqbal is a Pakistani Muslim who spent nearly six months in solitary confinement in New York in 2002. He had argued that while Ashcroft and Mueller did not single him out for mistreatment, they were responsible for a policy of confining detainees in highly restrictive conditions because of their religious beliefs or race.

The court's liberal justices -- David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and John Paul Stevens -- dissented from the court's opinion.

Court: Sept. 11 Detainee Lawsuit Cannot Proceed
Monday, May 18, 2009 11:40 AM
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/us_scotus_detainee_lawsuit/2009/05/18/215426.html

"The Equal Protection Clause does not prohibit the law school's narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body," O'Connor wrote.

Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer joined O'Connor.

Supreme Court Split on Colleges' Racial Discrimination
Chuck Noe, NewsMax.com Monday, June 23, 2003
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/6/23/102840.shtml

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says it’s ok for U.S. judges to use foreign law for guidance in their own decisions.

“I frankly don’t understand all the brouhaha lately from Congress and even from some of my colleagues about referring to foreign law,” Ginsburg said Friday in a symposium honoring her at Ohio State University, The New York Times reports.

“Why shouldn’t we look to the wisdom of a judge from abroad with at least as much ease as we would read a law review article written by a professor?” she says.

The Canadian Supreme Court is “probably cited more widely abroad than the U.S. Supreme Court,” she says. That’s because “You will not be listened to if you don’t listen to others.”

Ginsburg: U.S. Judges Should Consider Foreign Law
Monday, April 13, 2009 2:14 PM By: Dan Weil
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/ginsburg_foreign_law/2009/04/13/202488.html