Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

Ginsberg's death just over six weeks before Election Day is likely to set off a heated battle over whether President Donald Trump should nominate, and the Republican-led Senate should confirm, her replacement, or if the seat should remain vacant until the outcome of his race against Democrat Joe Biden is known.

She resisted calls by liberals to retire during Barack Obama's presidency at a time when Democrats held the Senate and a replacement with similar views could have been confirmed. Instead, Trump will almost certainly try to push Ginsburg's successor through the Republican-controlled Senate - and move the conservative court even more to the right.

She argued six key cases before the court in the 1970s when she was an architect of the women's rights movement. She won five. In addition, she questioned the quality of lawyers for poor accused murderers. In the most divisive of cases, including the Bush v. Gore decision in 2000, she was often at odds with the court's more conservative members - initially Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas.

When Scalia died in 2016, also an election year, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to act on Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to fill the opening. The seat remained vacant until after Trump's surprising presidential victory. McConnell has said he would move to confirm a Trump nominee if there were a vacancy this year.

Change on the court hit Ginsburg especially hard. 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. The court, with O'Connor still on it, had struck down a similar state ban seven years earlier.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

RIP

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Rip. But she should have retired ages ago its crazy someone of that advanced age can hold that position of power.

Rest In Peace RBG

Trump gets another one!

Good

NOOOOOO

K

RIP. A solid legacy and very good career.

Now Trump will put in a republican judge and effectively make it a right wing Supreme Court

She fought so hard for so long...a true hero and legend...

FECK... FECK, FECK, FECK!!! 😢 RIPRBG

RIP

The world has lost a great person. Rest in power Justice Ginsburg. Thank you for your service!

A Force of nature. Rest In Peace.

😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞 God rest her soul.

Damn

That loss hurts

Rest In Peace

RIP

Another great woman I hope there’s more with the intelligent that she brought to the bench god bless

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Devastating

RIP roe v wade lol

Devastating news. Rest in peace, Justice Ginsberg.

I’m crying. She fought so hard for democracy.

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