Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court by Bill Clinton in 1993 (his interview describing why he picked her is especially engaging), and one of the paradoxes "RBG" points out is that the justice is by nature a consensus builder. It was the court's steady move to the right, not her philosophy or nature, that turned her into the great dissenter.
Source: Los Angeles Times May 03, 2018 21:22 UTC