The USA mourns constitutional judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Many adored her like a pop star.
US President Trump reacts promptly to news of her death.
Influential US constitutional
judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg
is dead.
Ginsburg was
extremely popular in the left-wing liberal spectrum of the USA
, among other things because of her commitment to
women's rights
,
minorities
and the
environment
.
US President
Donald Trump
* praised her in a statement as the
"titatin of law"
.
Washington - The judicial icon
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
is dead. She died at the age of
87
in her home in Washington, the Supreme Court said on Friday.
Ginsburg belonged to the
left-wing liberal wing of
the Supreme Court.
The decision on her
successor
should
heat up
the
US presidential election campaign *
significantly.
US President Donald Trump * has honored Ginsburg as the
“titan of law”
.
With her judgments on, among other things,
equal rights
for women and people with disabilities, she "inspired all Americans and generations of great legal thinkers," tweeted Trump on Saturday night.
Statement from the President on the Passing of Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pic.twitter.com/N2YkGVWLoF
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 19, 2020
Trump pays tribute to the late US judge Ginsburg - but does not talk about succession
As in an
initial brief reaction in
front of television cameras,
Trump
did not comment on whether he
will nominate
someone for Ginsburg's position
in his current term of office ending in January or even before the
US election in 2020
.
The
Republicans
in the US Senate showed itself independent of already ready, a
candidate Trumps
vote.
A judge chosen by Trump would most likely
consolidate
the
conservative majority
in the Supreme Court, which makes landmark judgments for the social and political direction of the United States.
According to a report, Ginsburg wanted her vacant judge
's post
at the highest US court to be
filled in the next presidential term
.
"My fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until there is a new president in office," Ginsburg said a few days before her death, the
NPR
radio station reported
, citing her
granddaughter
Clara Spera.
Just days before her death, Ruth Bader Ginsburg told her granddaughter that her "most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed," NPR reports https://t.co/X6DuMAaq3x pic.twitter.com/ ej4zJTWqOB
- CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 19, 2020
US constitutional judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died - she enjoyed cult status in left-liberal circles
Trump has appointed two
conservative judges
to the Supreme Court
since taking office
.
The US Supreme Court justices are appointed for
life
.
Ginsburg had repeatedly stressed that she would only withdraw from the Supreme Court if she found herself unable to cope with her workload.
Ginsburg died of complications from
cancer
.
The liberal lawyer became an icon in the USA, among other things as a fighter for equal rights for women.
In left-liberal circles “RBG” - as it is called - enjoyed cult status.
(dpa / AFP / frs)
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List of rubric lists: © Brendan Smialowski / AFP
