by Publisher CoachellaValley | September 18, 2020 4:53 pm
“Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature,” Chief Justice John Roberts said. “We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her, a tireless and resolute champion of justice.”
Seen as a moderate when President Bill Clinton nominated her to the bench in 1993, Ginsburg went on to leave a lasting mark in the realm of gender equality, civil liberties and pay equity, and grew to achieve improbable late-in-life recognition as a pop culture icon and hero of the progressive movement.
Source URL: https://coachellavalley.com/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-dies-at-87/
Copyright ©2023 Coachella Valley unless otherwise noted.