[Justice] Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter days before her death, NPR News [in a most worthy obit by Nina Totenberg] reports: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”
Her accolades were many. Her achievements even more, for human rights, especially gender equality/rights.
She had no equal. I am tremendously sad.
She had no equal. I am tremendously sad.
From the Washington Post,
The death was announced in a statement by the U.S. Supreme Court. She had recently been treated for pancreatic cancer.
Born in Depression-era Brooklyn, Justice Ginsburg excelled academically and went to the top of her law school class at a time when women were still called upon to justify taking a man’s place. She earned a reputation as the legal embodiment of the women’s liberation movement and as a widely admired role model for generations of female lawyers.
Working in the 1970s with the American Civil Liberties Union, Justice Ginsburg successfully argued a series of cases before the high court that strategically chipped away at the legal wall of gender discrimination, eventually causing it to topple. Later, as a member of the court’s liberal block, she was a reliable vote to enhance the rights of women, protect affirmative action and minority voting rights and defend a woman’s right to choose an abortion.
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The Arizona Republic ran a story today noting that when the general election vote to elect Mark Kelly becomes official at the end of November, he will be eligible to take office immediately rather than waiting until January.
Two Republican and Democratic election attorneys agree that state law and Senate practices would make Kelly eligible to take over the seat once held by Sen. John McCain as soon as Nov. 30, when the state election results are expected to be canvassed.
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