Ruth Bader Ginsburg praised the newest member of the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, on Tuesday for appointing a completely female staff – the second time she has offered the encomium.

In Kavanaugh hiring an all female staff, this will be the first time in the history of the United States Supreme Court that more women will be clerking than men.

'There is a very important first on the Supreme Court this term and it's thanks to our new justice, Justice Kavanaugh, whose entire staff, they're all women, all of his law clerks are women,' Ginsburg said in her praise of the junior Justice. 'It's the first time in the history of the United States that there have been more women clerking than men.'

Kavanaugh's controversial confirmation was plagued by allegations of sexual assault dating back to his teenage years.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg praised most recently appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh for hiring an all-female staff

'There is a very important first on the Supreme Court this term and it's thanks to our new justice, Justice Kavanaugh,' Ginsburg (lower left) said of Kavanaugh (upper right) at an event Tuesday

By appointing an all women staff, this will be the first year in U.S. history that there are more females clerking than males

In July, President Donald Trump nominated Kavanaugh to take over for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. However, the confirmation hearings were delayed when allegations of sexual assault came to light – almost always a career death sentence in the age of the #MeToo movement.

Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, came forward when she found out Kavanaugh was being nominated to become a Supreme Court Justice.

She detailed her experience of being sexually assaulted 36 years prior, while the two were in high school in 1982, and argued this should prevent him from being confirmed.

In October, Kvanaugh was finally confirmed to the Supreme Court in a split vote almost entirely along party lines.

Ginsburg was the second ever female to become a Supreme Court Justice. She was nominated by Bill Clinton in 1993.

She has become a leading figure for women's rights issues and gender equality, and is arguably the most liberal voice on the highest court in the U.S.

Kavanaugh's confirmation was plagued by sexual assault allegations, which paused his hearings as he and his accuser testified before Congress

Ginsburg, who was speaking at the Georgetown Law's Supreme Court Institute, is the oldest Supreme Court Justice and is known for being a champion of women's rights

'I should say what we were doing in the 70s — we were getting rid of all of the over-explicit gender-based classification,' Ginsburg said in her continued praise of Kavanaugh's female staffing. 'There was nothing subtle about it. It was women can't do this, women can't do that.'

Ginsburg lamented that women still experience 'unconscious bias' even though most 'explicit barriers' against women are largely gone.

While speaking on Tuesday at Georgetown Law's Supreme Court Institute, Ginsburg detailed issues she faced when trying to land a job after graduation from Columbia Law School in 1959.

Ginsburg is the oldest justice at 86-years-old, and has faced a series of health issues in the past few years – including a bout with pancreatic cancer and a fall where she broke her ribs.