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posted by takyon on Saturday September 19 2020, @12:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the september-surprise dept.

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.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

 
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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by istartedi on Saturday September 19 2020, @01:48AM

    by istartedi (123) on Saturday September 19 2020, @01:48AM (#1053202) Journal

    Building up? To this? Nah, this is just one of many things on the list. Aside from that, just google what FDR tried to do to the Court. A Court that was frightened of FDR gave us some bad rulings, in particular Wickard v. Filburn that are still impacting us today, so the GOP is by no means the worst offender when it comes to the Judiciary.

    If anything, this might actually swing some people who are having 2nd thoughts about Trump putting his stamp on the country for the next few decades. A lot of people thought she had to hold on. Her passing at this time might actually push Biden over the line. It's odd how things work sometimes.

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