Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away in her Washington home at the age of 87.
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Several reports state the iconic judge passed away due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. Throughout her career, she fought off her illnesses which included colon, lung, and liver cancer, and was the fourth oldest Supreme Court Justice. In 1993, she was nominated by then-President Bill Clinton who described her as someone who “cannot be called a liberal or a conservative” and was the second out of four women to be appointed for the country’s highest court.
The Supreme Court confirmed her death in a statement which reads, “Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. 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.”
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Ginsburg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1933 to Jewish immigrant parents and emphasized the importance of education for young women. She attended Cornell University and Harvard Law School then Columbia where Ginsberg graduated at the top of her class. Ginsburg was also a professor at Rutgers University despite facing gender inequality and raising her family. In 1980, she was nominated by then-President Jimmy Carter as a federal judge in Washington D.C.’s Circuit Court.
Amidst the news of RBG’s death, this gives President Trump the opportunity to nominate a lifetime appointee to the Supreme Court who will most likely have conservative years.
SOURCE: Insider