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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87

posted by takyon on Saturday September 19 2020, @12:17AM   
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.

• Re:Well, that explains it Re:Well, that explains it (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Saturday September 19 2020, @05:09AM (2 children)

  by DeathMonkey (1380) on Saturday September 19 2020, @05:09AM (#1053273) Journal

  Tell us more about your nameless dread.

  It is definitely not a nameless dread...

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• Name it, face it, own it (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 19 2020, @05:43AM

  by Runaway1956 (2926) on Saturday September 19 2020, @05:43AM (#1053278) Journal

  LOL, is that name "fascist", or "Nazi"? Come on, share the name, I want to hear it. "Trump"? Speak the name. "Conservative"? "Republican"? "Populist"? Tell us all the names of your dread. Amuse me, Monkey man!

  I'm reminded of this:

  “What keeps you awake at night?” CBS “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson asked Mattis.

  “Nothing,” a stonefaced Mattis responded. “I keep other people awake at night.”

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTDG5OO9Y44&feature=emb_logo [youtube.com]

  Since I'm on Youtube anyway, enjoy this one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXeLfMO9q4c [youtube.com]

  At about 3:07 -

  "Come to the nightmare, come to me"

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• Re:Well, that explains it (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 19 2020, @07:13AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 19 2020, @07:13AM (#1053314)

  So... it's like Lord Voldemort. I get it. A dread that _shall_ not be named.

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