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Photos: Remembering the Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being marked across America, as she lies in repose today on the Lincoln Catafalque in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Ginsburg died at her home in Washington, D.C., on September 18, at the age of 87, after a long battle with cancer. She was the 107th Supreme Court justice, and the second woman to serve on the high court. In her years on the Court, she became an influential icon to many. Chief Justice John Roberts called her “a jurist of historic stature.” Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court today and tomorrow, then will be taken to the U.S. Capitol on Friday, where she will lie in state, becoming the first woman so honored. Collected below are images from her life, and from the memorials in recent days.

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  • Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for a photo in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2013, before an interview with the Associated Press.

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  • This image provided by the Supreme Court shows Ruth Bader's engagement photograph, while she was a senior at Cornell University in December 1953.

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  • This image provided by the Supreme Court shows Ruth Bader Ginsburg; her husband, Martin; and their daughter, Jane, in 1958.

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  • On October 3, 1980, President Jimmy Carter shook hands with Ruth Bader Ginsburg at a reception for women federal judges. Earlier that year, Ginsburg had been nominated by Carter, and confirmed by the Senate, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She had previously been teaching at Columbia Law School.

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  • In this June 15, 1993, photo, Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses with Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Senator Joseph Biden, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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  • Supreme Court Justice nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during confirmation hearings, displaying her grandson's book about her, in July 1993.

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  • Chief Justice William Rehnquist administers the oath of office to newly appointed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as President Bill Clinton watches on August 10, 1993.

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  • Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses with her extended family, including her husband, Martin, and her son, James, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in October of 1993.

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  • From left, Supreme Court Justices Scalia, Ginsburg, Stevens, Souter, Chief Rehnquist, Thomas, O'Connor, Breyer, and Kennedy posing for a formal portrait in 1994.

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  • U.S. Vice President Al Gore is sworn in for his second term as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on January 20, 1997, on Capitol Hill.

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  • Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends a gala opening-night dinner following a Washington National Opera performance on October 21, 2000.

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  • Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is greeted as she arrives prior to President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., on February 24, 2009.

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  • Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hugs tenor Placido Domingo after Domingo sang a portion of Ginsburg's citation for her honorary Doctor of Laws degree, during the 360th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 26, 2011.

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  • President Barack Obama hugs Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prior to delivering his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill on January 25, 2011.

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  • Justice Ginsburg speaks at an annual Women's History Month reception hosted by Representative Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. Capitol building in March of 2015. That year's event honored the women justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan.

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  • A man wears a T-shirt showing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as "Notorious R.B.G." at a celebration rally in West Hollywood, California, on June 26, 2015, after the Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution gives same-sex couples the right to marry, in a historic triumph for the American gay-rights movement.

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  • New Mexico State Representative Gail Chasey displays a small figure of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the opening of the New Mexico legislative session at the state capitol in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on January 15, 2019.

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  • Justice Ginsburg shows the many different collars she wears with her robes, in her chambers at the Supreme Court building on June 17, 2016.

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  • A marcher holds a sign that says "Fight like RBG" with a picture of Ruth Bader Ginsburg wearing boxing gloves, as she walks past Trump International Tower during the Women's March in New York's Manhattan borough on January 18, 2020.

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  • Justice Ginsburg attends the Fourth Annual Berggruen Prize Gala celebrating 2019 Laureate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in New York City, on December 16, 2019.

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  • The American flag flies at half-staff following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, outside the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2020.

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  • A man kneels as he brings a megaphone to a vigil on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ginsburg, on September 18, 2020.

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  • People hold candles as they gather at a makeshift memorial for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the steps of the Supreme Court building, in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2020.

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  • People fill the street in front of the U.S. Supreme Court for a vigil for Justice Ginsburg on September 19, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

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  • An interior view of the Supreme Court shows a bench draped with black bunting in honor of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Washington, D.C., on September 20, 2020.

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  • Signs and flowers are left at a makeshift memorial in front of the U.S. Supreme Court for the late Justice Ginsburg on September 21, 2020.

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  • A jabot collar is seen on the Fearless Girl statue in New York City, in honor of the late Justice Ginsburg, on September 21, 2020.

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  • A mother holds her child in front of a makeshift memorial to honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Supreme Court on September 19, 2020.

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  • Supreme Court staff members wait for the casket of the late Justice Ginsburg to arrive at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on September 23, 2020.

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  • The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, carried by Supreme Court police officers, arrives in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court, on September 23, 2020.

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  • Chief Justice John Roberts asks for a moment of silence while speaking during a private ceremony for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court on September 23, 2020.

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  • Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose under the portico at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on September 23, 2020.

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  • People pay their respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on September 23, 2020.

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  • Members of the public pay respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as her flag-draped casket rests on the Lincoln Catafalque on the west steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, on September 23, 2020.

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