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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the leader of the high court's liberal wing, is sending a message to President Trump and Republicans in Congress: She intends to remain on the court as long as she's capable. That could prevent them from nominating and confirming her successor. Since the year began, she has outpaced her younger colleagues in public appearances, at one point making nine in the space of three weeks. "I am soon to be 85," she marveled last month at New York Law School, "And everyone wants to take their picture with me!" Ref. USAToday.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, has been hospitalized after breaking three ribs in a fall at court. Ginsburg fell in her office Wednesday night, the Supreme Court announced in a statement on Thursday. Ginsburg went home after the fall but continued to experience “discomfort overnight” and went to George Washington Hospital early Thursday. Tests revealed she fractured three ribs and she “was admitted for observation and treatment,” according to the statement. Ref. USAToday.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg misses Supreme Court arguments for the first time ever, while recovering from lung cancer surgery. Ginsburg, 85, had surgery Dec. 21 to remove two cancerous growths from her left lung. She was released five days later and has been recovering at home. Her absence was not unexpected and does not indicate her condition has worsened. Ref. USAToday.

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[18 September, 2020] Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87, leaving behind an enormous influence on women's rights law
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, died surrounded by family due to complications from pancreatic cancer. Her death sets up a possible battle in which President Donald Trump could select a third nominee to the nation's highest court, perhaps setting up a conservative majority for decades. Ref. USAToday.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg to become first woman to lie in state. The late Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol on Friday, becoming the first woman in history so honored. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday that Ginsburg's casket would be placed in National Statuary Hall. Thirty-four men have lain in state since 1852. Civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who was not a public official, was lain in "Honor" at the Capitol in 2005. Ref. USAToday.