RES-2020-123 RESOLUTION NO. 2020 -123
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM IN HONOR OF UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG
WHEREAS, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 15, 1933
and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University, attended Harvard Law School,
becoming the first female member of the Harvard Law Review and went on to receive her law
degree from Columbia Law School in 1959; and
WHEREAS, Justice Ginsburg taught at Rutgers University Law School and Columbia
University where she became the school's first female tenured professor; and
WHEREAS, Justice Ginsburg served as the director of the Women's Rights Project of the
American Civil Liberties Union during the 1970s and argued six landmark cases on gender
equality before the U.S. Supreme Court; and
WHEREAS,Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Carter as Judge of the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980 where she served for 13 years; and
WHEREAS, Justice Ginsburg accepted the nomination of President Bill Clinton for the
U.S. Supreme Court and was sworn in on August 10, 1993, as the first Jewish woman and second
female justice to serve in the U.S. Supreme Court; and
WHEREAS, Justice Ginsburg wrote the Supreme Court's landmark decision in United
States v. Virginia, which decided that the state-supported Virginia Military Institute could no
longer exclude women from the school based on their gender; and
WHEREAS, Justice Ginsburg continued to serve as a tireless champion of justice on the
Supreme Court; and
WHEREAS, after 27 years of serving as justice on the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg
passed away at the age of 87 on September 18, 2020; and
WHEREAS, Justice Ginsburg will be remembered for her courageous leadership and
legacy as a champion for marginalized groups and is also remembered for her reminder to all of
us as she is quoted by saying "Woman belong in all places where decisions are being made".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Anaheim
hereby honors the life of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her legacy of
exemplary service to the American people.
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THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Anaheim this 6th day of October , 2020 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Sidhu and Council Members Faessel, Barnes, Brandman,
Moreno, Kring, and O'Neil
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN:None
CITY OF ANAHEIM
By: II I A
Mr A 0' 0 THI C T OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST: l
CITY CLE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM
I, THERESA BASS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the
original Resolution No. 2020-123 adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim
City Council held on the 6th day of October, 2020 by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Sidhu and Council Members Faessel, Barnes, Brandman, Moreno,
Kring, and O'Neil
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of October, 2020.
CITY CLER OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)