Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Passes Away Over Rosh Hashanah

by CrownHeights.info

Jewish US Supreme Court Judge Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away Friday night, the first night of Rosh Hashanah at her home in Washington DC. She was 87 years old.

Appointed under the Clinton administration, Ginsburg served on the court since 1993, and was at the time of her death one of the court’s four Democratic-appointed justices, and the longest-serving of the four liberal justices.

The oldest serving Supreme Court justice at the time of her death, Ginsburg had suffered a spate of health problems, leading to multiple hospitalizations in recent years.

According to reports, Ginsburg died of complications relating to metastatic pancreatic cancer.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Martin Ginsburg, in 2010. She is survived by her children Jane and James Ginsburg.

The president vowed to act “without delay” in nominating a new justice, while challenger Joe Biden said the choice should wait until after this year’s presidential election.