Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the United States Supreme Court is dead at the age of 87

By Tom Okure

ICMS, Inc. Reports 

The United States Supreme Court announced in a statement that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead. According to the statement, Justice Ginsburg expired as a result of complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. She was 87 years old and died at home in Washington surrounded by family. Justice Ginsburg in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon in the United States.

"Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature," Chief Justice John Roberts said. "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 tired and resolute champion of justice."

President Bill Clinton appointed Ginsburg in August 1993 to the Supreme Court to fill the seat that was held by Byron “Whizzer” White. Ginsburg was the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court.

She was the architect in the 1970’s of the legal fight for women's rights and subsequently served 27 years in the Supreme Court becoming its most prominent member. Her death is likely going to begin a nasty and rowdy political battle over who will replace her, and it plunges the Supreme Court vacancy into the focus of the 2020 presidential campaign.

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