WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the Supreme Court and the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsbur g (all times local):
9:50 a.m.
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is bringing together the court’s remaining eight justices for the first time since the Supreme Court building was closed in March and they resorted to meetings by telephone.
All eight justices were present Wednesday for a private ceremony honoring Ginsburg in the court’s Great Hall. Ginsburg died Friday at the age of 87.
All of the eight justices were wearing masks during the indoor ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy was also present, along with Maureen Scalia, the widow of Antonin Scalia who died in 2016 and was closest to Ginsburg on the court.
Ginsburg was a champion of gender equality and women’s rights. Outside the court, hundreds of mourners stood to pay their respects, silent save for the clicks of cell phone cameras, and watched as pall bearers carried Ginsburg’s flag-draped coffin up the courthouse steps.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s casket has arrived at the Supreme Court, where her former law clerks were standing outside.#RBG, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, fought multiple cases to protect gender equality. pic.twitter.com/BDDMiqaaQZ
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9:38 a.m.
The White House says President Donald Trump will pay his respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday at the Supreme Court.
The casket of the second woman to serve on the nation’s high court will be placed atop the Supreme Court building’s steps after a private ceremony Wednesday for people to pay their respects during the coronavirus pandemic. She will lie in repose at the court for two days before her casket is moved to the Capitol.
Trump has said Ginsburg was an “amazing woman” who led an “amazing life.” He is moving quickly to name her successor, with an announcement set for Saturday.
Ginsburg was a women’s rights champion, leader of the court’s liberal bloc and a feminist icon who died Friday of cancer. She was 87.
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9:30 a.m.
The casket of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has arrived at the Supreme Court for the start of two days of public viewing.
Clerks of the court wearing black masks filed down the steps as the casket arrived.
Following a private ceremony in the court’s Great Hall, the casket will be moved to the top of the court’s front steps so that members of the public can pay their respects in line with public health guidance for the coronavirus pandemic.
Thousands are expected to pay their respects.
Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the court after Sandra Day O’Connor, died Friday at 87 from metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Her casket will be on public view from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday.
