NPR is reporting that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at 87.
BREAKING: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who charted a course for women’s rights at the U.S. Supreme Court and became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, has died from complications from cancer. She was 87.https://t.co/3mOL0L0fUs— NPR (@NPR) September 18, 2020
BREAKING: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who charted a course for women’s rights at the U.S. Supreme Court and became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, has died from complications from cancer. She was 87.https://t.co/3mOL0L0fUs
Also confirmed by New York Times Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak.
RBG has died of "complications of metastatic pancreas cancer,” Supreme Court says— Adam Liptak (@adamliptak) September 18, 2020
RBG has died of "complications of metastatic pancreas cancer,” Supreme Court says
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UPDATE: In a statement dictated to her granddaughter Clara Spera days before her death, Justice Ginsburg said, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new President is installed.” Per NPR reporter Susan Davis.