Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.
The court, in a statement, said Ginsburg died at her home in Washington surrounded by family. She was 87.
"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 tired and resolute champion of justice."
Architect of the legal fight for women's rights in the 1970s, Ginsburg subsequently served 27 years on the nation's highest court, becoming its most prominent member. Her death will inevitably set in motion what promises to be a nasty and tumultuous political battle over who will succeed her, and it thrusts the Supreme Court vacancy into the spotlight of the presidential campaign.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 19 2020, @01:14AM (3 children)
I'm reminded that women who demand equality lack ambition and imagination.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Magic Oddball on Saturday September 19 2020, @04:13AM
When you're not at an equal standing in society, aiming for that is where you start, regardless of what your dreams or wishes for the future happen to be.
(Score: 5, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Saturday September 19 2020, @05:06AM (1 child)
That woman had the godlike power to stamp her name on the official interpretation on the Constitution of the United States of America.
You can't even stand by your convictions enough to post under a pseudonym.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 20 2020, @02:25AM
That may be, but I once allowed a pseudomonkey to lick my balls.