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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: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 19 2020, @04:07PM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 19 2020, @04:07PM (#1053541) Journal

    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Chase strange men with guns, get shot. Darwin awards are quite cheap, and easy to win.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 19 2020, @05:38PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 19 2020, @05:38PM (#1053580)

    Says the guy who openly makes common cause with literal Nazis. If kyle dumbass doesn't get prison time then we'll see an explosion of confrontations used as excuse for murder.

    You really are an evil shit whi feels self-righteous. The scariest of evils that radicalizes others with FUD. Go fuck yourself you traitor, you promoter of rightwing violence.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 19 2020, @08:25PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 19 2020, @08:25PM (#1053662) Journal

      Be my guest - confront an armed man with a skateboard. An explosion of such incidents would help to clean up America's streets. You can even recruit a kiddy diddler and a burglar to help you - not that they'll be much help.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 20 2020, @07:50PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 20 2020, @07:50PM (#1054037)

      the "Nazis" were the good guys in WW2. Deprogram yourself and learn about history (not written by the winners).