Many judges appointed today started their careers before Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second-ever female Supreme Court justice in U.S. history. 0% FEMALE JUDGES MALE JUDGES 50 1993, the year Ginsburg became a Supreme Court justice, saw a large increase in the number of female federal judges appointed. 0% FEMALE JUDGES MALE JUDGES 50 1993, the year Ginsburg became a Supreme Court justice, saw a large increase in the number of female federal judges appointed. During part of the Obama administration, newly confirmed female federal judges outnumbered newly confirmed male judges for the first time in U.S. history. [Where GOP senators stand on quickly filling Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat]Nearly two centuries after America’s founding, the country finally saw its first female Supreme Court justice.

Source: Washington Post September 22, 2020 02:48 UTC