Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com According to Jewish tradition, a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah is a “tzedek,” a person of great righteousness.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who will be remembered as one of the most beloved Supreme Court justices in U.S. history, died just as the holiday was beginning.
Her death prompted an outpouring of grief from those who loved, admired and respected her, but it also prompted a wave of fear from progressive advocates who worry that Trump will nominate and the for-now Republican-controlled Senate will confirm a right-wing jurist to the court that could lead to the unraveling on years of progress toward equality.