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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday, will be commemorated with various ceremonies in the capital, Washington. According to the Supreme Court, a private memorial service with family, friends and other Ginsburg justices will be held on Wednesday.
Some Ginsburg employees are supposed to receive the coffin in front of the court and then carry it. According to the court, this is in line with tradition. Therefore, the same procedure was chosen after the deaths of former Justices John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia.
Unlike previous deaths, Ginsburg’s body is not to be placed in the Great Hall of the Court, but under the porch of the pillar due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here citizens can pay their last respects to the lawyer on Wednesday and Thursday for two days and say goodbye.
Trump doubts Ginsburg’s last wish
On Friday, the casket will be moved to the Capitol, where, according to the Democratic House spokeswoman, a private mourning ceremony will also be held. Only in the next week will Ginsburg finally be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, at the gates of the United States capital.
US President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate a successor to Ginsburg for the weekend. “I think it will be Friday or Saturday,” Trump told Fox News. However, Trump also said he would wait until after the funeral. The president of the United States wants to propose a woman to succeed Ginsburg. (Read an overview of the candidates here.)
Trump also expressed doubts that it was Ginsburg’s dying wish not to be replaced until a new president took office. According to broadcaster NPR, the judge is said to have made a corresponding statement to his grandson Clara Spera a few days before her death.
Trump said on Fox News he didn’t know if Ginsburg said that or if it was formulated by his Democratic counterparts in Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Adam Schiff. “I’d rather deal with the second,” Trump said.
Ginsburg was a Supreme Court Justice for 27 years and was considered a liberal icon of America. He died Friday at the age of 87 from complications from pancreatic cancer.
The attorney was appointed a Supreme Court Justice by then-President of the United States Bill Clinton in 1993 and was extremely popular with many Americans, not least for her commitment to women’s rights. Her death could drastically change the balance of power on the Supreme Court just before the November 3 presidential election. Of the nine Supreme Court seats, only three are held by liberals.
