Image: SIPA USA/PA Images Image: SIPA USA/PA Images US SUPREME COURT Justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg died yesterday, opening a crucial vacancy on the high court expected to set off a pitched political battle at the peak of the presidential campaign.
Trump – who was told of Ginsburg’s passing while on the campaign trail – issued a statement praising her as a “titan of the law,” but gave no indication whether he intended to press ahead with a nomination.“Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” said Chief Justice John Roberts. In Washington, hundreds of tearful mourners headed to lay flowers and light candles in front of the Supreme Court, where the diminutive Ginsburg sat for 27 years, even taking arguments and issuing opinions from her hospital bed after repeated bouts of illness over the past two years.
Democrats are expected to fight tough to force a delay – an uphill battle given the control Republicans have on the Senate, which must approve any nominee. Her stature on the court and the death of her husband in 2010 probably contributed to Ginsburg’s decision to remain on the bench beyond the goal she initially set for herself, to match Justice Louis Brandeis’s 22 years on the court and his retirement at the age of 82.
Forty years later, she noted that religion had become irrelevant in the selection of high-court justices and that gender was heading in the same direction, though when asked how many women would be enough for the high court, Ms Ginsburg replied without hesitation, “Nine”. There were setbacks, too. She dissented forcefully from the court’s decision in 2007 to uphold a nationwide ban on an abortion procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion.
She voted most often with the other liberal-leaning justices, fellow Clinton appointee Mr Breyer and two Republican appointees, John Paul Stevens and David Souter, then later with President Barack Obama’s two appointees, Ms Sotomayor and Ms Kagan. #Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you“She just died? Wow. I didn’t know that,” he said. “Whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life.”
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