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The coffin with the body of Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the entrance to the Supreme Court
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The body of the late US constitutional judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg was laid out in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The coffin of the respected liberal judge, covered with a US flag, was carried into the building of the Supreme Court in the capital Washington in the morning.
More than a hundred former employees of the justice icon stood on the steps of the courthouse.
A rabbi then led a funeral ceremony for the Jewish lawyer.
The Chairman of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, paid tribute to Ginsburg's commitment to women's rights, among other things.
Citizens will be able to say goodbye to the popular judge until Thursday evening.
US President Donald Trump will pay his last respects to Ginsburg on Thursday, the White House announced.
On Friday the coffin will be laid out in the Capitol, the congress building near the Supreme Court.
Ginsburg died of cancer on Friday at the age of 87.
She was one of four left-wing liberals in the nine-member judges.
After Ginsburg's death, Trump has the right to appoint a new constitutional judge.
The Republican can thus reinforce the conservative orientation of the Supreme Court and cement it for years.
Trump has announced a nomination for Saturday, saying he will appoint a woman.
The favorites are the conservative judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa.
The personality must then be confirmed in the US Senate.
Trump's Republicans have a majority there - and after initial doubts it looks like the president can count on this majority.
The opposition Democrats have unsuccessfully urged Trump not to make such an important personnel decision so shortly before the presidential election on November 3.
According to her granddaughter Clara Spera, that was also Ginsburg's last wish.
The Democratic minority leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, accused the Republicans of wanting to move the Supreme Court politically to the right.
He criticized that this would not reflect the values of the majority of Americans.
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