Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead at 87

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Ginsburg died from complications of pancreatic cancer on Firday.

One day before her death, Ginsburg was honored on Constitution Day and was awarded the 2020 Liberty Medal by the National Constitution Center. It was reported that she will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery next to her husband Martin D. Ginsburg.

“Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature,” Chief Justice John Roberts said. “We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her, a tireless and resolute champion of justice.”

Her death has already started a political battle over who will succeed her, upping the stakes in an already aggressive presidential campaign.

During the presidency of Barack Obama, some progressive attorneys and activists called for Ginsburg to retire so Obama could appoint a like-minded successor, particularly while the Democratic Party held control of the U.S. Senate. They mentioned Ginsburg’s age and past health issues as factors making her longevity uncertain. Ginsburg rejected these pleas. She affirmed her wish to remain a justice as long as she was mentally sharp enough to perform her duties. Moreover, Ginsburg opined that the political climate would prevent Obama from appointing a jurist like herself. At the time of her death in September 2020, Ginsburg was, at age 87, the fourth-oldest serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice in the history of the country.

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