Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will make history Friday as she becomes the first woman and Jewish person to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol.
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A ceremony in the National Statuary Hall will begin at 9:30 a.m. EDT and last through the afternoon, as Ginsburg's family and members of Congress honor her legacy and 27 years on the high court.
The service will feature musical selections by American operatic soprano Denyce Graves, a friend of Ginsburg whom she saw perform many times, and a bipartisan group of female lawmakers in the House and Senate paying their respects. The event is not open to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since it was initially bestowed on Henry Clay in 1852, 34 men have received the honor of lying in state at the Capitol. Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was lain in "honor" at the Capitol Rotunda in 2005, but Ginsburg will be the first woman to lie in state. Her casket will be placed on the Lincoln Catafalque, which first supported President Abraham Lincoln's casket in the U.S. Capitol after his assassination in 1865.
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MAKE the supreme court GREAT AGAIN
By letting Biden pick her replacement.
Alessandro Johnson absolutely!
Good. I wait for love from you 💝💖
Ginsburg is partly responsible for the murder of millions of unborn or preborn lives, mostly blacks, in the U.S. This systematic murder is far worse than the Nazi Holocaust
Truth!
thats why the demoKKKrats idolize her so much. These people are sick.
Darth Bader! Evil is now dead!
Day of Judgement God is calling
On her knees RBG comes crawling
Begging mercy for her sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Thanks, now I want to bite the head off a bat.
Why didn’t Ruth Bader Ginsburg hire any black law clerks for the Supreme Court?
Worst justice ever. Good riddance.
TRUMP 2020
Denyce Graves sings at 46:00 and again at 58:00.