[3][4] After finishing a year at law school, Ginsburg married Joan Ruth Bader in 1954, after her graduation from Cornell.

After President Jimmy Carter nominated his wife to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980, Ginsburg reached out to Perot and other influential friends to assure her Senate confirmation.

[1] In 1984, Ginsburg resolved complex tax questions that threatened General Motors's acquisition of Perot's Electronic Data Systems.

[12] Cooking also proved to be a shared common interest with Maureen Scalia, and established Martin as a welcome addition with the Supreme Court spouses.

Martha-Ann Alito would compile many of the recipes Marty had shared over the years and publish Chef Supreme as a gift for Ruth on Martin's passing in 2010.

Martin often told people how he did not make Law Review at Harvard, and Ruth did, sharing how he was proud of her successes, even when they were above his own.

[15] Ginsburg was quoted as saying, "We had nearly two whole years far from school, far from career pressures and far from relatives, to learn about each other and begin to build a life.

[17] As his lighthearted self, Martin liked to say he was very lucky to have gotten in on an incredible journey by marrying Ruth, on her pathway to the Supreme Court.