Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday at her home in Washington aged 87, setting off a likely intense debate over the appointment of her replacement. A diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, Ms Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her — a tireless and resolute champion of justice,” Mr Roberts said in a statement. Expand Close People lay flowers and light candies outside the Supreme Court late on Friday after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Alex Brandon/AP) AP/PA Images / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp People lay flowers and light candies outside the Supreme Court late on Friday after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Alex Brandon/AP)In addition, she questioned the quality of lawyers for impoverished accused murderers. Joan Ruth Bader was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1933, the second daughter in a middle-class family.

Source: Irish Independent September 19, 2020 01:09 UTC