In public speeches, Ginsburg often credited Carter for his work in reshaping the judiciary. "Women weren’t on the bench in numbers, on the federal bench, until Jimmy Carter became president ...

President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.

After being elected governor, Jimmy Carter said the state’s judiciary ... by appointing the first woman to sit on a state court bench in Georgia — Cobb County State Court Judge Dorothy Robinson.

Former President Jimmy Carter sits on the Atlanta Falcons bench before the first half of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the San Diego Chargers, Oct. 23, 2016, in Atlanta.

Jimmy Carter, who served a single full presidential ... “Once Carter appointed women to the bench in numbers, there was no turning back,” Ginsburg, who died in 2020, declared in one speech.

Former President Jimmy Carter served just a single term in the White House ... reshape the federal judiciary during his four years in office. Diversifying the bench Carter appointed a total of 262 ...

He would also appoint more women and a number of Black lawyers to the bench as well. “As almost all things Jimmy Carter did, he was way ahead of his time,” Marietta lawyer and former Gov.