NPR reported that Ruth Bader Ginsburg dictated a statement to her granddaughter shortly before her death, in which she said: 'My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.'
Ginsburg etched her name in legal history before President Jimmy Carter named her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980. She won five of six cases argued at the Supreme Court in the mid-1970s that opened doors for women.
"Justice Ginsburg led one of the great lives in the history of American law," Attorney General William Barr said."She and I did not agree on every issue, but her legal ability, personal integrity, and determination were beyond doubt. She leaves a towering legacy, and all who seek justice mourn her loss.”
While remaining a reliable stalwart for equal rights in her later years, Ginsburg had trouble commanding majorities on the court. As the years passed, she became more – delivering five of them from the bench in the 2012 term alone, a record that still stands. The closet in her chambers held a selection of her trademark lace jabots, some reserved solely for those dissents.by a 5-4 vote in June 2013 – enabling states with a history of discrimination to escape preemptory Justice Department oversight – she likened it to “throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.
On the night before her death, Ginsburg in absentia was awarded the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center. She was chosen in part because this year is the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote.
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