US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Died

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, has died at her home in Washington. She was 87.

Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Ginsburg announced in July that she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for lesions on her liver, the latest of her several battles with cancer.

Throughout her life and career, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a champion for women’s rights and equality.

When President Bill Clinton nominated her for the Supreme Court, he called Ginsburg “the Thurgood Marshall of gender equality law” https://t.co/5fQwhVyXCS pic.twitter.com/PMUWhfCBGS

— POLITICO (@politico) September 19, 2020

Ginsburg spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court’s liberal wing and became something of a rock star to her admirers.

Young women especially seemed to embrace the court’s Jewish grandmother, affectionately calling her the Notorious RBG.

NOW: Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 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

— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) September 19, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a titan of justice. Her jurisprudence expanded the rights of all Americans, shaping our lives for the better. And her example now shines within the history of our country, there to inspire generations. pic.twitter.com/GffcMQivDx

— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) September 18, 2020

This is devastating, an incalculable loss. We owe so much to RBG. Rest in Power Ruth Bader Ginsburg. #RIPRBG

— Megan Rapinoe (@mPinoe) September 19, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the kind of scholar and patriot you get excited about explaining to your kids. The kind of person who you say “who knows, one day you could be HER”. I hope you rest well, RBG, you must have been tired from changing the world.

— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) September 19, 2020