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Photos: Ruth Bader Ginsburg through the years

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, center, arrives for President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Feb. 24, 2009, in Washington, DC. Ginsburg died Friday at the age of 87. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais-Pool/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: Noelle Skool and Alex Sophinos, from left, attend a vigil for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Castro in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Justice Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Friday at her home in Washington. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Bill Clinton's first Supreme Court nominee, displays July 20, 1993, a book titled "My Grandma is Very Special", which was written by Paul Spera, her grandson. (Jennifer Law/AFP via Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: Maya Koyfman attends a vigil for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Castro in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Justice Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Friday at her home in Washington. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court William Rehnquist, right, administers the oath of office to newly appointed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, left, as President Bill Clinton looks on Aug. 10, 1993. Ginsburg is the 107th Supreme Court justice and the second woman to serve on the high court. (Kort Duce/AFP via Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: Kevin Zhou and Michael Kerner, from left, attend a vigil for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Castro in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Justice Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Friday at her home in Washington. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

President Bill Clinton (L) laughs as newly confirmed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right, stepped up the microphone to speak to the press in ceremonies in the Rose Garden at the White House on Aug. 3, 1993. Ginsburg was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 96-3. (J. David Ake/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in an undated photo from files. Ginsburg died Friday at the age of 87. (AP Photo/File)

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for a group portrait in this Thursday, Nov. 10, 1994 file photo at the court in Washington. From left, front are: Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Associate Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy. From left, back row are: Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer. When the Court returns from the holidays the justices will be confronted with a number of contentious issues and the need for a quick ruling on the constitutionality of federal prison sentences. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Vice President Al Gore, left, is sworn in for his second term as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right, Jan., 20, 1997, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Watching is Gore's wife Tipper, third from right. (Luke Frazza/AFP via Getty Images)

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks March 18, 2015, at an annual Women's History Month reception hosted by Pelosi in the U.S. capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. ( Allison Shelley/Getty Images)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates March 18, 2015, in an annual Women's History Month reception hosted by Pelosi in the U.S. capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. This year's event honored the women Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. (Allison Shelley/Getty Images)

US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (L) greets US President Barack Obama before he addresses a Joint Session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on February 24, 2009. AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, left, is greeted by Robbie Myers, editor-in-chief, ELLE, at the ELLE and HUGO BOSS Women in Washington Power List Dinner at The Residence of the German Ambassador on March 18, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for ELLE)

FILE - In this July 31, 2014, file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in her chambers in at the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

FILE – In this April 6, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg applauds after a performance in her honor after she spoke about her life and work during a discussion at Georgetown Law School in Washington. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

(FromL) US Supreme Court Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer listen during the swearing-in ceremony of Brett Kavanaugh as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court at the White House in Washington, DC October 8, 2018. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2020, file photo U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a discussion on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: Dawn Evinger attends a vigil for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Castro in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Justice Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Friday at her home in Washington. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: A vigil for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes its way down Castro Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Justice Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Friday at her home in Washington. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: Louis Lazar, Matt Horne and Ray Howe, from left, attend a vigil for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Castro in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Justice Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Friday at her home in Washington. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: A person attends a vigil for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Castro in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Justice Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Friday at her home in Washington. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)