Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died, the court announced this evening.Her death is a shock, and yet not a surprise. Ginsburg has been battling a series of illnesses for years.
She was diagnosed with colon cancer more than 20 years ago, and ten years later pancreatic cancer, which finally claimed her.
She had said that she planned to remain on the Court until she was 90, but at age 87, her time just ran out.Related: This black queer legal pioneer helped launch Ruth Bader Ginsburg onto the Supreme CourtGinsburg has been repeatedly hospitalized in recent years, leaving progressives with palpitations that she could die and President Donald Trump could nominate another extremist conservative to the nation’s highest court.