US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Died

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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday. She was 87.

Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington, DC, surrounded by her family, a statement from the court said.

The liberal jurist, who was known as ‘RBG’, served on the highest US court since 1993.

RT reports: The second-ever woman to be nominated to the US Supreme Court, Ginsburg championed liberal causes and feminist issues throughout her legal career.

She also battled cancer on and off since 1999, most recently undergoing therapy for a tumor on her pancreas in August. Ginsburg’s health issues prompted some activists to call for her retirement during the Obama administration, so another liberal-leaning judge could be nominated as her replacement. RBG refused, saying she intended to work for as long as she was capable.

“My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” Ginsburg told her granddaughter Clara Spera, NPR reported on Friday.

President Donald Trump reacted to the news by saying Ginsburg “was an amazing woman who led an amazing life.”

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Her death raises the stakes in the upcoming presidential election, as Democrats hope to preserve her liberal-leaning seat if Joe Biden wins, and Republicans possibly look to nominate a conservative justice in the second term of President Trump.

Earlier this month, the president announced a list of some 20 potential future justices, including a number of Republican senators such as Ted Cruz (Texas), Tom Cotton (Arkansas) and Josh Hawley (Missouri), warning that a failure to fill the court with conservative judges would empower a “growing radical movement” seeking to “fundamentally” change America.

Ginsburg’s passing sets up a nomination battle amid the fast-approaching general election. If the Democrats secure a majority in the Senate in November, the GOP would have only a brief window to confirm a replacement for Ginsburg and expand the court’s existing conservative majority to 6-3 – assuming the president nominates a candidate before the election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-Kentucky) has vowed to “leave no vacancy behind,” however, signaling that the GOP will move as quickly as possible to fill the empty seat.

10 Comments

    • The Grim Reaper was tired of waiting. Her seat needs to be filled ASAP! I can hear the Democraps whining already.

    • Ginsburg destroyed the US constitution specifically because she is a Jewish liar and a diversity supremacist.

      The US constitution in the 10th amendment says that abortion is a state people issue, not a federal issue.

  1. We are now going to honor the life of a SCJ whose heroes were Marx, Lennin and Alinsky, a SCJ who spoke poorly of the United States Government behind our backs to other countries. Where is the honor in that? Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest. I love America!

  2. Call all the RINOs to tell them they better fall in line behind President Trump and Mitch McConnell. CALL CALL CALL – Susan Collins (202)-224-2523 –
    Chuck Grassley (202)-224-3744 –
    Lisa Murkowski (202)-224-6665 –
    Mitt Romney (202)-224-5251 CALL CALL CALL

  3. How cone she wasnt written up as having died of covid like everyone else ? Did nt they test her ? How cone she got to be obe of the very rare exceptions who actually died of her pre existing condition .?

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