He is said to want to nominate a woman: since the retirement of Sandra Day o 'connor, a notable swing vote on the court, only Ruth Bader Ginsburg remains, and she has been battling cancer.

据说他想要提名一名女性法官：自从桑德拉•戴•奥康纳—最高法院中出名的中间派—退休之后，最高法院中还只剩鲁斯·巴德·金斯伯格一名女性法官，而她现在正在同癌症最斗争。

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In the past year, in cases that were not decided unanimously, Mr Souter has voted 86% of the time with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court’s liberal lioness.

去年，在一些最高法院未能达成一致意见的案件中，苏特法官投票支持最高法院的自由派女首领鲁思•贝德•金茨伯格（她是现任的九位最高法院法官中唯一的女性，但她现在受到直肠癌和胰腺癌的双重折磨——译者注）意见的概率高达86%。

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A fifth justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, attended Harvard, but graduated from Columbia University's law school.

第五名法官鲁斯·巴德·金斯堡(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)上过哈佛，但是毕业于哥伦比亚大学法学院。

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She would follow current Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor as well as retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

They are the retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the current Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the newest justice,Sonia Sotomayor.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

She would be the second woman among the nine justices, joining Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

But I would also have to say that Ruth Ginsburg is a realist, and one thing is certain, she must know that this is going to increase speculation about a possible retirement.

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