Mourners gather outside Supreme Court after passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Mourners gathered outside the Supreme Court Friday evening to pay their respects to late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader GinsburgDemocrats, advocates seethe over Florida voting rights ruling Trump’s Supreme Court list reveals influence of Clarence Thomas President Nancy Pelosi? Don’t underestimate what she might do in office MORE shortly after her death.
People took to Twitter to share photos of the scene, including images of candles and reports of mourners crying as they paid tribute to Ginsburg, who passed on Friday at the age of 87.
The flag outside the Supreme Court was lowered to half-staff within the hour of Ginsburg’s death being made public.
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100+ are gathered outside of the Supreme Court. A court that is down one associate justice this evening.
It’s nearly silent here. pic.twitter.com/urtwTQ2DfL
— Gary Grumbach (@GaryGrumbach) September 19, 2020
PHOTOS: Mourners gather outside the Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Getty) pic.twitter.com/D2vFVvdZZ4
— Tim Ryan
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Just a powerful scene outside the Supreme Court on a Friday night as the nation remembers a Justice. #scotus #RIPRGB pic.twitter.com/PqEwdc7wOo
— Joe St. George (@JoeStGeorge) September 19, 2020
mourners are gathered, lighting candles and crying. #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/mhQ2r0psQ7
— ryan carey-mahoney (@thegoodcarmah) September 19, 2020
Outside the U.S. Supreme Court tonight… #RBGRIP pic.twitter.com/pFd5xOPJrF
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) September 19, 2020
The Supreme Court said in a statement that Ginsburg died “surrounded by her family at her home in Washington, D.C., due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer.”
The news sent shockwaves through the nation and Washington, D.C. as people mourned the iconic liberal Supreme Court Justice, who for decades championed women’s rights.
The vacant seat also raises questions heading into the 2020 presidential election, as Trump could make a last-minute nomination to fill the spot.