World More Than 100 of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Former Clerks Guard Casket at Supreme Court

© ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP/Getty Law clerks and other people gather as the flag-draped casket of late US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, September 23, 2020. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose death has opened a crucial Supreme Court seat that Republican President Donald Trump has promised to quickly and controversially fill against the wishes of Democrats, will lie in repose beginning September 23, 2020 at the US high court. Trump will announce his pick to replace Ginsburg Saturday, with Senate Republicans promising a swift vote on the nominee.

More than 100 of the law clerks who served under late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stood guard outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. as Ginsburg's casket arrived Wednesday morning.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice, trailblazing feminist, and the closest thing to a folk hero the high court has ever seen, has died at the age of 87. The Supreme Court announced that she died Friday due to complications from metastatic pancreas cancer. In a statement dictated to her granddaughter just days before her death, Ginsburg said, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” Tributes began pouring in instantly. The chief justice, John Roberts, said in a statement that the country had lost “a jurist of historic stature.”“We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague.

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Ginsburg died September 18 at age 87 from complications of pancreatic cancer. Memorial services commenced Wednesday, with her casket arriving at the building just before 9:30 a.m. ET. NBC reporter Jake Whittenberg tweeted four pictures showing hundreds of people, all dressed in black, standing in neat lines which trailed down the front steps of the Supreme Court.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as a Supreme Court justice for almost 27 years. Her death at aged 87 means that President Donald Trump will be able to nominate another justice.She passed away from complications of pancreatic cancer at the age of 87.

More than a hundred former clerks to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg were on hand as her casket arrived in Washington, DC, to lay in repose. Some of them served as pallbearers, bringing her American-flag draped casket up the steps of the Supreme Court building, as others

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’ s casket arrived at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, where she will lie in honor for two days so members of the public can pay their respects. More than 100 of Ginsburg ’ s former law clerks stood silently on the court plaza and steps, wearing black masks and at safe social

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A private service began inside the building at 9:30 a.m. for Ginsburg's family, friends and fellow justices. Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt spoke at the ceremony, saying of Ginsburg: "To be born into a world that does not see you, and despite this, to be able to see beyond the world you are in, to imagine that something can be different—that is the job of a prophet."

"To be born into a world that does not see you," Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt says of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "and despite this, to be able to see beyond the world you are in, to imagine that something can be different—that is the job of a prophet." https://t.co/enplZrT4gQ pic.twitter.com/VSrWet3kH0

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Ginsburg will lie in repose on the steps through most of Wednesday and Thursday. Her former clerks will continue to stand guard and won't leave the casket, according to CNN.

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'Justice Ginsburg paved the way for so many women, including me.'Ginsburg, who was 87, is most known for her fearless defence of gender equality and women's rights. She recently announced her cancer had returned, although she said she would remain on the Supreme Court.

As Ruth Bader Ginsburg ' s casket was brought to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Sept. 23, she was welcomed back to her second home by an Some clerks even served as pallbearers and carried her casket into the building. CNN reported more than 100 clerks would be there to pay tribute to

As Ruth Bader Ginsburg ' s casket was brought to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Sept. 23, she was welcomed back to her second home by an Some clerks even served as pallbearers and carried her casket into the building. CNN reported more than 100 clerks would be there to pay tribute to

Former clerk Lori Alvino McGill spoke to CNN about Ginsburg's legacy as a champion for women's rights. The justice won five cases in front of the Supreme Court, causing it to articulate for the first time that the 14th Amendment, which states "No State shall...deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws," could be involved to achieve gender-based equality, according to The Conversation.

"She was among the first mentors to tell me I could do anything—but she also told me that it would be foolish to think I could do many things well at the same time," McGill said. "The life lessons she imparted gave me the courage to take a step back from my own career and choose, for this moment in time, to be more present for my three children."

Lisa Blatt, who clerked for Ginsburg at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, spoke to the justice's thoughtful nature. "With a marriage, new birth or a new job, a note from the Justice followed," Blatt told CNN. "And when visiting with the Justice, she always asked about our kids and how the job was going."

Following the public viewings outside the Supreme Court, Ginsburg will lie in state Friday in the National Sanctuary Hall at the Capitol building. A private interment service for Ginsburg will take place next week at Arlington National Cemetery.

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