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LIVE STREAM: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at Supreme Court
Read full article: LIVE STREAM: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at Supreme CourtA memorial to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg includes a photograph of the late Justice, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, outside the Harvard Law School library at Langdell Hall, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)WASHINGTON – Watch live coverage as the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is set to lie in repose at the Supreme Court following a brief memorial inside the court’s Great Hall. Following past practice at the tradition-laden court, Ginsburg's casket is expected to arrive just before 9:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, the court said. Supreme Court police will carry it up the court steps, which will be lined by former Ginsburg law clerks serving as honorary pallbearers. On Friday, Ginsburg will lie in state at the Capitol, the first woman to do so and only the second Supreme Court justice after William Howard Taft.
Trump says he will announce Supreme Court nominee on Saturday
Read full article: Trump says he will announce Supreme Court nominee on SaturdayPresident Donald Trump announced Tuesday morning via social media that he will be announcing his Supreme Court nominee on Saturday at the White House. “I will be announcing my Supreme Court Nominee on Saturday, at the White House! “Some presidents never get any — they last a long time,” Trump said of Supreme Court appointments. Kamala Harris is poised to become a leading figure in the Democratic opposition to Trump’s Supreme Court pick, the Associated Press reported. Trump has already appointed Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Michigan Senators oppose SCOTUS vote before 2020 Election
Read full article: Michigan Senators oppose SCOTUS vote before 2020 ElectionLANSING, 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.
Daughter shares Grosse Pointe woman’s special connection to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Read full article: Daughter shares Grosse Pointe woman’s special connection to Ruth Bader GinsburgGROSSE 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.