Ruth Bader Ginsburg Trivia Questions

Clinton nominated her in 1993 to replace Justice Byron White. She was confirmed 96-3, a remarkably bipartisan vote.

Confirmed in 1993, she was indeed the first Jewish woman on the Court. The first Jewish justice was Louis Brandeis, but no Jewish woman served before her.

They married in 1954 and Marty died in 2010, exactly 56 years. Their partnership was famously supportive, with Marty being her biggest champion.

Despite being close friends, they famously disagreed on many legal issues. Scalia wrote sharp dissents to her majority opinions, and vice versa. Their friendship was based on mutual respect, not agreement.

RBG loved opera and even appeared as a supernumerary in a Washington production, but she never seriously pursued it professionally. She was a lawyer through and through.

RBG often read dissents from the bench, notably in cases like Shelby County v. Holder. Her lace collars became iconic—she had a 'dissenting collar' for such occasions.

She wrote her first brief as a law professor, not in prison. This myth likely confuses her early civil rights work with incarceration settings.

She argued 6 cases before the Court as a lawyer and won 5, but lost 1. Actually, she won 5 of 6—so this statement is false. Correction: she won 5 of 6, so 'lost more' is false. Wait—she won 5, lost 1, so false.