Ruth Bader Ginsburg
It called the late Jewish former Supreme Court associate justice an “icon of American culture.”
It is the first portrait to be added to the historic building in 125 years.
Many were said to have been “blown away by the interest” in the pieces owned by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, including a ceramic jug by Pablo Picasso that sold for $25,000.
The Brooklyn, N.Y.-born attorney, judge and mother of two shares the tombstone with her husband, Martin, who died in 2010 and is buried alongside her in the couple’s section of the historic cemetery.
Artists Gillie and Marc designed the Brooklyn statue—with Ginsburg’s participation and approval—as part of a “Statues for Equality” series.
The portion of Virginia Avenue was chosen because of its proximity to the Watergate complex, where the late justice made her home.
She succeeds the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Jewish icon who was the second woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, and who, in her opening statement on Oct. 12 in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Barrett paid tribute to.
If confirmed, the candidate would strengthen the conservative bent on the nation’s highest court with a 6-3 majority—two of whom, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, were appointed under Trump in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
Ginsburg’s family invited to accept honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was planning to attend the degree ceremony, but it was postponed due to COVID-19.
She will be the second Supreme Court justice and 35th person to do so, an honor for those who have significantly impacted American life.
Norm Eisen, a former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, said she “exemplified a core Jewish principle: ‘tzedek, tzedek tirdof,’ justice, justice shall you pursue. She understood it was not just a Jewish virtue but an American one.”
It was reported that doctors needed to “revise a bile duct stent.”
