Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who charted a course for women’s rights at the U.S. Supreme Court, has died from complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer.
She was 87. In a statement dictated to her granddaughter Clara Spera just days before her death, she said, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new President is installed.
Ginsburg, who had served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court since President Bill Clinton appointed her on August 10, 1993, was responsible for many pro-equality votes, including the right for same-sex couples to be legally married.
Ginsburg joined Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote for the majority voice: No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the