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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Voting and opinion record for Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Supreme Court Database, covering the 1993 through 2019 Terms.

2,230decisions participated in
80%in the majority
443dissenting votes
214majority opinions written

Court eras served in this data: Rehnquist Court, Roberts Court.

Majority opinions by issue area

Most often on the same side

JusticeSame sideCases together
Elena Kagan90.4%701
Sonia Sotomayor89.9%821
David H. Souter88.9%1,375
Stephen G. Breyer86.8%2,099
John Paul Stevens83.2%1,466

Least often on the same side

JusticeSame sideCases together
Clarence Thomas62.0%2,211
Neil M. Gorsuch62.3%223
Samuel A. Alito Jr.62.8%1,102
Antonin Scalia65.0%1,874
Brett M. Kavanaugh67.5%126

“Same side” means both Justices were in the majority, or both in dissent, in decisions where both voted; pairs with fewer than 50 shared decisions are left out.

Majority opinions written (214)

Dissents in argued cases (most recent 30 of 423)

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Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error