Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead At 87

by Tyler Durden
Fri, 09/18/2020 - 19:45

Justice Ruth Bader Gisnburg is dead at the age of 87, the Supreme Court announced on Friday, which added
that she died of "complications of metastatic pancreas cancer."

The court said in a statement:

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this evening surrounded by her family
 at her home in
Washington, D.C., due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer. She was 87 years old. Justice
Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Clinton in 1993. She was the second woman
appointed to the Court and served more than 27 years. She is survived by her two children: Jane Carol
Ginsburg (George Spera) and James Steven Ginsburg (Patrice Michaels), four grandchildren: Paul Spera
(Francesca Toich), Clara Spera (Rory Boyd), Miranda Ginsburg, Abigail Ginsburg, two step-grandchildren:
Harjinder Bedi, Satinder Bedi, and one great-grandchild: Lucrezia Spera. Her husband, Martin David
Ginsburg, died in 2010.

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. said of Justice Ginsburg: "Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. 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."

Justice Ginsburg was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 15,1933. She married Martin D. Ginsburg in 1954.
She received her B.A. from Cornell University, attended Harvard Law School, and received her LL.B. from
Columbia Law School. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edmund L. Palmieri, Judge of the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York, from 1959-1961. From 1961-1963, she was a
research associate and then associate director of the Columbia Law School Project on International
Procedure. She was a Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law from 1963-1972, and Columbia
Law School from 1972-1980, and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in
Stanford, California from 1977-1978. In 1971, she was instrumental in launching the Women's Rights
Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, and served as the ACLU's General Counsel from 1973-1980,
and on the National Board of Directors from 1974-1980. She was appointed a Judge of the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. During her more than 40 years as a Judge and
a Justice, she was served by 159 law clerks.

While on the Court, the Justice authored My Own Words (2016), a compilation of her speeches and writings.

A private interment service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery.

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As a reminder to our regular readers, President Trump unveiled his list of potential Supreme Court picks 
less than two weeks ago:


 1. Bridget Bade, a judge on 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

2. Daniel Cameron, the attorney general of Kentucky

3. Paul Clement, former solicitor general of the United States

4. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)

5. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)

6. Stuart Kyle Duncan, a judge on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

7. Stephen Engel, assistant attorney general for the office of legal counsel in the Trump administration

8. Noel Francisco, former solicitor general of the United States

9. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)

10. James Ho, a judge on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

11. Gregory Katsas, a judge on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

12. Barbara Lagoa, a judge on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals

13. Christopher Landau, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico

14. Carlos Muniz, a justice on the Florida Supreme Court

15. Martha Pacold, a judge on the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
16. Peter Phipps, a judge on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals

17. Sarah Pitlyk, a judge on the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

18. Alison Jones Rushing, a judge on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals

19. Kate Todd, a deputy assistant a deputy counsel to the president

20. Lawrence VanDyke, a judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

“Every one of these individuals will ensure equal justice, equal treatment, and equal rights for citizens
of every race, color, religion, and creed,” Trump promised.

“Together we will defend our righteous heritage and preserve our magnificent
 American way
of life.”
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The most serious nominee, however, is believed to be Judge Amy Coney Barrett - who Trump nominated to
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