sonia sotomayor was the second woman appointed to the supreme court.
sonia sotomayor was the second woman appointed to the supreme court.
who was the second woman appointed to the supreme court?
sonia sotomayor
clinton appointed two justices to the supreme court. the first vacancy arose in march 1993, when associate justice byron white informed clinton of his impending retirement. clinton considered various nominating political leaders like mario cuomo and secretary of the interior bruce babbitt, whom he believed could become leaders on the court in a similar fashion to earl warren. after weeks of consideration, clinton began to favor appointing an experienced jurist, and he conducted interviews with stephen breyer and ruth bader ginsburg, both of whom served as federal appellate judges. clinton announced ginsburg's nomination in june 1993 and she was confirmed by the senate two months later, making her the second woman to serve on the supreme court after sandra day o'connor. harry blackmun retired in 1994, and clinton successfully nominated breyer to succeed blackmun. the appointments did not greatly affect the ideological balance of the rehnquist court, as conservatives continued to hold a narrow majority on the supreme court.
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claire l'heureux-dubé, (born september 7, 1927) served as a puisne justice on the supreme court of canada from 1987 to 2002. she was the first woman from quebec and the second woman appointed to this position, after bertha wilson. previously, she had been one of the first woman lawyers to handle divorce cases, and was the first woman appointed as a judge to the quebec superior court and the quebec court of appeal.
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