Remembering the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is pictured here at an annual Women's History Month reception on March 18, 2018. In August 2018 she celebrated 25 years on the Supreme Court. | Allison Shelley/Getty Images

President Bill Clinton and Ginsburg walk along the Colonnades of the White House on June 14, 1993 as they head to the Rose Garden. There, the President held a news conference where he nominated Ginsburg to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. | AP Photo/Doug Mills

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) talks to then-Supreme Court nominee judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg her son James during a break in her confirmation hearing in July 1991. Hatch reportedly suggested Ginsburg to President Bill Clinton to fill the vacancy on the court.

Sen. Joe Biden talks to then-Supreme Court nominee Judge Ginsburg prior to the start of her confirmation hearing before the committee on Capitol Hill on July 20, 1993 in Washington. She was confirmed later that day by a vote of 96 to three. | AP Photo/John Duricka

Ginsburg takes the oath to defend the Constitution from Chief Justice William Rehnquist, right, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Aug. 10, 1993. Ginsburg's husband Martin holds the Bible as President Bill Clinton looks on at left. | AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander

Ginsburg, center, poses with her family at the Court in Washington on Oct. 1, 1993. From left are: son-in-law George Spera, daughter Jane Ginsburg, husband Martin, and son James Ginsburg. The judge’s grandchildren Clara Spera and Paul Spera are in front. | AP Photo/Doug Mills

Ginsburg and her husband Martin laugh as they listen to Justice Stephen Breyer speak at Columbia Law School in New York in 2003.

Ginsburg speaks to the American Bar Association House of Delegates after receiving the ABA Medal in San Francisco, on Aug. 9, 2010. The medal is the association's highest award. | AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, second from left, with, from left, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, attend a forum to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of O’Connor’s appointment to the Supreme Court, at the Newseum in Washington on April 11, 2012. | AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta

From left to right, Supreme Court Associate Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sit on stage during a Women's History Month reception at Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill Wednesday, March 18, 2015. | AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Former President Barack Obama hugs Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Capitol Hill on Jan. 12, 2016, before giving his last State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. | AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Ginsburg speaks at the memorial service for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. Ginsburg and Scalia served on the court together for more than 22 years. | AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool

Ginsburg, with Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Stephen Breyer, arrives at President Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017. | Win McNamee/Getty Images

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks after the screening of "RBG," the documentary about her, in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 5, 2018. Ginsburg said she hoped the traditional "bipartisan spirit" of congressional hearings for judges would once again prevail rather than recent votes that have divided along party lines. | AP Photo/Caron Creighton

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