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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:R.B.G.: R.I.P. Re:R.B.G.: R.I.P. (Score: 3, Funny) by crafoo on Saturday September 19 2020, @12:38PM (3 children)

  by crafoo (6639) on Saturday September 19 2020, @12:38PM (#1053416)

  A 2020 republican is a 1980s moderate democrat. Surely you are not this dense. It's a slow trudge towards communism since the 1930s. The majority in a democracy just vote themselves the wealth of the productive minority until there is nothing left to take. Them we all starve.

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• Re:R.B.G.: R.I.P. (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 19 2020, @01:43PM

  by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday September 19 2020, @01:43PM (#1053444) Journal

  The majority in a democracy just vote themselves the wealth of the productive minority until there is nothing left to take

  Nah, there's plenty for all. We just want a piece of the filthy rich. They aren't productive at all. They're nothing but casino gamblers. Real leeches. Bunch of thieves stealing our money for it. Gotta take it back.

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  La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

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• Re:R.B.G.: R.I.P. Re:R.B.G.: R.I.P. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 19 2020, @05:45PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 19 2020, @05:45PM (#1053585)

  You are insane.

  Are you old? A victim of cold wsr lropaganda?

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  • Re:R.B.G.: R.I.P. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 20 2020, @07:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 20 2020, @07:59PM (#1054047)

    You're delusional. Why do you think we have Cultural Marxists marching in the streets? It's due to the successful implementation of The Long March Through The Institutions.

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