Ginsburg’s nomination to the Supreme Court by a 96 to 3 vote. (12) Ginsburg became the second female justice to serve on the Supreme Court as well as the first Jewish female justice to serve on the Supreme Court. (13) As a justice, Ginsburg presented a strong voice in favor of gender equality, voting rights, the rights of workers, and the separation of church and state. (14) In 1996, Ginsburg wrote the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in United States v. Virginia, which held that the State-supported Virginia Military Institute could not refuse to admit women. (15) Despite her reputation for restrained writing, Ginsburg gathered considerable attention for her dissenting opinion in Bush v. Gore by subtly concluding her decision with the words, I dissent , a significant departure from the traditional respectfully dissent . (16) Ginsburg famously dissented in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., where the plaintiff, a female worker being paid significantly less than males with her same qualifications, sued under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), but was denied relief under a statute of limitation issue. Ginsburg broke with tradition and wrote a high colloquial version of her dissent to read from the bench. In her dissent, she also called for Congress to undo this improper interpretation of the law. (17) Following her dissent in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Ginsburg worked with President Barack Obama to pass the first piece of legislation he signed, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–2