Highlights of the Final Day of Public Honors for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Justice Ginsburg was honored in an intimate ceremony in Statuary Hall, and she became the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state in Statuary Hall on Friday. Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt of Adas Israel Congregation in Washington eulogized Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday at the Capitol. Rabbi Holtzblatt, whose husband clerked for Justice Ginsburg from 2014 to 2015, said the justice embodied the Torah command inscribed on a framed piece of art that hung in her chambers: “Justice, justice you must pursue.” “Pursuing justice took resilience, persistence, a commitment to never stop,” Rabbi Holtzblatt said. “She carried this art form.” —As mourning continues, Republicans prepare to push ahead to quickly replace Justice Ginsburg.

Source: New York Times September 25, 2020 12:05 UTC