More than 100 of RBG's former clerks line the Supreme Court steps in a powerful display of her legacy
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy was on full display Wednesday as her casket arrived at the Supreme Court.
Ginsburg died Friday at age 87, and on Wednesday, arrived at the court to lie in repose in its Great Hall. More than 100 of Ginsburg's former law clerks were there to greet her, with a handful carrying her casket up the Supreme Court's steps and dozens more lining up along the way.
The casket of judicial icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg is carried up the steps of the Supreme Court. https://t.co/wnEv8sMM9G pic.twitter.com/uM5ppzVS2l
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Inside the court, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt recalled how Ginsburg fought to ensure the Constitution's "promise that 'We the People' would include all the people."
“This was Justice Ginsburg's life's work, to insist that the Constitution deliver on its promise that ‘We the People’ would include all the people. She carried out that work in every chapter of her life” Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt says at Ginsburg’s Supreme Court memorial pic.twitter.com/dpu3Nmz45h
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And Chief Justice John Roberts recalled how Ginsburg, as an attorney, secured "famous victories that helped move our country closer to equal justice under law," and how her 483 opinions from on the bench will "steer the court for decades."
Chief Justice Roberts tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: "It has been said that Ruth wanted to be an opera virtuoso, but became a rock star instead."
Full #SCOTUS video here: https://t.co/6vvWi9ga7M pic.twitter.com/Ol8IytITcK
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Ginsburg's casket will remain in the Supreme Court until Thursday night, and will then lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Friday.
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