Roberts Eulogizes Ginsburg As a ‘Rockstar and Fighter’ at U.S. Capitol
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.
Chief Justice John Roberts remembered his colleague Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as tough and brave, a fighter and a winner.
Roberts was speaking during the private ceremony honoring Ginsburg.
He said she was also careful, compassionate and honest. He spoke of her undying devotion to the law and to her family.
Ginsburg spent 27 years on the Supreme Court.
Hundreds of mourners gathered in silence outside the Court as her casket arrived.
Roberts said Ginsburg’s opinions and her famous dissents will steer the court for decades. He says they are written with the “unaffected grace of precision.”
“The voice in court and in our conference room was soft. But when she spoke, people listened,” Roberts said.
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.
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