America is in mourning: ‘beacon of justice’ dies – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday night, Sept. 18, “surrounded by a family home in Washington,” according to a court report.

Supreme Court Justice RBGinsburg was appointed in 1993 by then-President Bill Clinton. The extremely popular liberal judge has inadvertently become a social media icon and has earned the nickname “The Notorious RBG,” inspired by the pseudonym of the late rapper The Notorious BIG.

Just 46 days before the presidential election, US President Donald Trump has the opportunity to appoint a conservative judge as his successor, thereby establishing a conservative majority in court for decades.

Trump, who was notified of RBGinsburg’s death at an election campaign rally, issued a statement calling her a “titan of the law,” but did not say he intended to rush to appoint a new Supreme Court justice.

With the news of the incident, statements began to flow in honor of the judge’s memory.

“Our nation has lost an attorney of historic importance,” said Chief Justice John Roberts.

Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama said on Twitter that RBGinsburg “fought cancer to the fullest, with a strong belief in our democracy and its ideals.”

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he was “an American hero, a giant of legal doctrine, and a relentless voice in pursuit of that supreme American ideal,” Equal justice under the law. “

Former US President Jimmy Carter called her “a beacon of justice” and former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton thanked her for paving the way for “many women.”

In Washington, hundreds of mourners came to help with flowers and light candles at the Supreme Court, where RBGinsburg had worked for 27 years and did not stop working even after being in the hospital.

Justices of the United States Supreme Court are appointed for life. RBGinsburg had repeatedly said that he would leave only when he felt unable to cope with the workload.

The president of this court by age was considered to be the core of its liberal wing, which has been reduced to four members since Trump appointed two conservative justices since 2017.

If a conservative sixth judge were appointed, the court could abolish the right to abortion, strengthen corporate power and reduce the rights granted to minorities and the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community over the past three decades.

Just minutes after the news of RB Ginsburg’s death, a fierce political battle erupted: Biden warned that shortly before the November 3 presidential election, Trump had no right to run for office.

Democrats are expected to seek to postpone the appointment, which will be extremely difficult to achieve as Republicans control the Senate, which must approve the judge’s candidacy.

“Wonderful Life”

Born in Brooklyn in 1933, RBGinsburg was a hallmark of law school at a time when a rare woman studied law and later became a law professor, which had a major impact on the rights of women and minorities.

He died on the first night of the Jewish New Year celebration, Rosh Hashanah.

At the time the news was announced, Trump delivered a speech onstage during an election campaign rally in Minnesota. The death of RBGinsburg after journalists informed him of the speech.

“Did she just die? Oh … I didn’t know, the president said. “You may not agree with me, but she was a wonderful woman who had a wonderful life.”

He later issued an official statement, and the White House and Congress, in honor of the deceased, lowered the flags to half mast.

The theme of the elections

On the one hand, RBGinsburg’s death gives Trump a chance to establish a conservative majority in court, perhaps for decades. Media reports that a new candidate will be announced soon.

On the other hand, this message can mobilize Democratic voters.

Trump himself said in August that he would not hesitate to appoint a new judge, although there was little time left before the election, and last week he presented 20 potential candidates, all of them very conservative.

Biden warned Friday that “the voters must choose a president and the president a judge who will run for the Senate.”

“This position was taken by the Republican Senate in 2016, when the elections were almost 10 months away. This is the position that the United States Senate must take today ”, he emphasized.

Biden was referring to the decision made by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2016, the last year of Obama’s term, to block a presidential candidate. The following year, Trump presented his candidate.

McConnell disagreed Friday that he had set a precedent at the time. “The United States Senate will vote on the candidate of President Trump,” he said in a statement.

According to Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, the stakes are high.

“The political struggle will be tremendously fierce, because the appointment of a very conservative person will make it the most conservative court in a century,” he said.

RBGinsburg herself was well aware of the impact her health had on the balance in court, and her fans were concerned that she had to visit the hospital more frequently for the past two years.

According to National Public Radio (NPR) of the United States, the judge spoke about this with her granddaughter Clara Spera this week.

“My greatest wish is not to change until a new president is appointed,” he said.

RBG Documentary

Introduced in 2018, the Oscar-nominated documentary RBG features a truly extraordinary figure, United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Moving up to the 1980s, Ginsburg became one of the brightest and most unexpected icons of American pop culture. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, abbreviated to RBG, has worked hard all her life to eliminate legal discrimination based on sex. The film follows the career of a talented attorney from her studies at Harvard Law School, the first major case ever won, to her appointment as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Watch the documentary RBG (RBG, 2018) about the Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg PEOPLE Cinema.

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