By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press, and wire reports
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, has died at her home in Washington. She was 87.
Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said.
Ginsburg’s death just over six weeks before Election Day is likely to set off a heated battle over whether President Donald Trump should nominate, and the Republican-led Senate should confirm, her replacement, or if the seat should remain vacant until the outcome of his race against Democrat Joe Biden is known.
Trump said Republicans have ‘obligation’ to move forward with selection of new Supreme Court justice ‘without delay.’
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says the winner of the November election should pick a successor.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will vote on Trump’s pick to replace Ginsburg , even though it’s an election year. The Republican Senate leader issued a statement Friday night, about an hour and a half after the Supreme Court announced the liberal justice’s death