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78 Judicature 74 (1994-1995)
The First-Term Performance of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

handle is hein.journals/judica78 and id is 76 raw text is: The first-term performance of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg The freshman justice of the Supreme Court's 1993 term wrote a relatively high number of opinions and demonstrated no single ideological alignment. by Christopher E. Smith, Joyce Ann Baugh, Thomas R. Hensley, and Scott Patrick Johnson Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes the constitutional oath of office from Chief Justice William Rehnquist in the East Room of the White House, August 10, 1993, as President Bill Clinton and Justice Ginsburg's husband, Martin Ginsburg, look on. CHRISTOPHER E. SMITH is an associate professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University. JOYCE ANN BAUGH is an associate pro- fessor of political science at Central Michi- gan University. THOMAS R. HENSLEY is a professor of political science and SCOTT PA TRICK JOHNSON is a doctoral student in political science at Kent State University. P resident Bill Clinton's ap- pointment of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court in 1993 was a signifi- cant moment in the recent political history of the nation's highest court. No Democratic president had placed a justice on the Supreme Court in the preceding 26 years. Prior to Gins- burg's appointment, the Court's com- position underwent a significant trans- formation as conservative appointees by Republican Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush replaced the justices who had served during the Warren Court era. Although the ensuing Burger and Rehnquist Courts in many respects 74 Judicature Volume 78, Number 2 September-October 1994

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