The body of the late Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg returns to the place where she served for 27 years.
This Wednesday the official commemorations begin in the Supreme Court to who was a staunch defender of women's rights and leader of the liberal bloc, who died last Friday.
Thousands of people are expected to attend.
His body will remain in court for two days.
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Despite the fact that the building is closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic, the judge's former colleagues, her family, close friends and the public will have the opportunity this Wednesday and Thursday to pass by the coffin of the second woman who serves in the Supreme Court.
Offering in honor of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg in front of the Supreme Court.AP
The coffin will arrive just before 9:30 am (ET) on Wednesday.
The police will take you to the steps, where former Ginsburg employees will be lined up serving as honorary pallbearers.
This event is expected to bring together the eight remaining judges for the first time since the building was closed in March.
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The President of the Court, John Roberts, and the other justices will be in the Great Hall when the coffin arrives and is placed on the Lincoln Catafalque, the platform on which the coffin of President Abraham Lincoln rested in the Capitol Rotunda in 1865 A 2016 portrait of Ginsburg by artist Constance P. Beaty will be on display.
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After the private ceremony, your coffin will be moved outside the building, to the top of the steps, for the public to pay tribute (from 11 am to 10 pm on Wednesday and from 9 am to 10 pm on Thursday).
Since his death, people have not stopped leaving flowers, notes, posters and all kinds of objects on Ginsburg, which they called the "Notorious RBG."
Court workers cleaned up the plaza and court sidewalk ahead of Wednesday's ceremony.
The vigil honoring Ginsburg continued Saturday night outside the Supreme Court. REUTERS
It's unclear if President Donald Trump will attend the memorials before leaving town on Wednesday afternoon, though he did when Judge John Paul Stevens died last year.
The entrance to the room, along with Ginsburg's chair and the place on the bench next to Roberts, have been covered in black, a Court tradition.
On Friday, Ginsburg will be in the Capitol, the first woman to do so and the second judge of the Court, after William Howard Taft.
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks is the only woman whose remains have been honored on Capitol Hill.
A figure of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in front of the Supreme Court in Washington.REUTERS / Carlos Barria
Ginsburg will be buried alongside her husband, Martin, in a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery next week.
Ginsburg's death from cancer at age 87 has complicated the race for the November election in an already chaotic election year.
With information from AP.