WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced Saturday he was nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “I am thrilled that President Trump has chosen Amy Coney Barrett to serve as the next associate justice on the Supreme Court. Amy Coney Barrett has a proven track record of protecting our Constitution, honoring the sanctity of life, and fighting for the rule of law. The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett is an unconscionable assault on the Affordable Care Act. As I have said before, I do not support the Senate moving forward on a Supreme Court nomination until after Inauguration Day.

NEW YORK – New York City’s Empire State Building is lit up red, white, and blue in honor of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. You can view the Empire State Building in the video player below.

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan’s two Senators are against a Supreme Court confirmation vote before Nov. 3. As representatives gear up for a showdown over how to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Michigan’s Senior Sen. Debbie Stabenow has been critical of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. READ: Senate Leader Mitch McConnell pledges quick vote on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor“Mitch McConnell will do whatever is in the short-term political interests for him,” Stabenow said. Stabenow said there are some Republican Senators that she expects will cross party lines -- like Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski. “We don’t know for sure, but I would assume the two of those colleagues that are still with us would be there,” Stabenow said.

GROSSE POINTE, Mich. – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her career fighting for women’s rights and breaking the glass ceiling in the judicial system. It was there she befriended a young woman from Grosse Pointe. Kendra Nordin’s mother started at Harvard Law School in 1956 at a part of the sixth class of women admitted. The tenured professor was passionate about the same causes as Justice Ginsburg, including gender equality and civil rights. In a letter to Kendra Nordin, Ginsburg told her she remembered Virginia fondly and the two were good friends at Harvard.

DETROIT – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. Rest well, Justice Ginsburg.” -- Michigan Democratic Party“Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg was a trailblazer and a fighter for women’s rights. Later, as the second woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg’s voice was one of great moral clarity and purpose. The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. She was a brilliant and successful litigator, an admired court of appeals judge, and a profoundly influential Supreme Court Justice.

(Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. You can watch live coverage on Ginsburg’s death in the video player below. Live Coverage

Copyright 2020 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved. WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) If you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.