Supreme Court Appointments
Clinton appointed the following justices to the Supreme Court:
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg – 1993, making Clinton the second president to appoint a female justice after Ronald Reagan, who appointed Sandra Day O'Connor in 1981. (Clinton was, however, the first Democratic president to appoint a female justice.)
- Stephen Breyer – 1994
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