Two paths for Ginsburg; the trailblazing women's rights litigator became a moderate judge

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Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Clinton's nominee to fill Byron White's seat on the US Supreme Court, has been a law professor, lawyer for the ACLU Women's Rights Project, and for the last 13 years judge on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. As an ACLU advocate, she argued and won landmark women's rights cases before the Supreme Court. Her years as a judge have been marked by a moderate approach and a gift for consensus-building. Clinton's nomination of Ginsburg came at the end of a lengthy process considering, among others, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and another federal judge, Stephen Breyer.

Analysis, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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The diverse legacy of Warren Burger

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Chief Justice Warren Burger left a diverse legacy that defies easy categorization, continually surprising people across the political and social spectrum. Appointed by Richard Nixon to turn back the liberal tide of the Warren Court, Burger hewed a conservative law-and-order line but a liberal and often expansionist social one. Critics say he often voted with the liberal court in order to write the opinion, but even they concede that he brought needed reforms to federal and state court operations.

Courts, Supreme Court, United States, Judges, Biography, Burger, Warren

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Ginsburg gains easy confirmation; Supreme Court designee discussed abortion, but not the death penalty

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Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg won both the highest rating from the ABA's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary and easy confirmation from the Senate's Committee on the Judiciary. She was so uncontroversial that Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter complained the hearings were 'pro forma.' With a Democratic president, Ginsburg felt safe expressing approval for the right to abortion, but was not willing to answer questions on discrimination against gays or the death penalty.

Political aspects, Appointments, resignations and dismissals

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