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Trump will nominate a woman next week to succeed Ginsburg on Supreme Court

Trump will nominate a woman next week to succeed Ginsburg on Supreme Court

ANDREA SHALAL and LAWRENCE HURLEY President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will nominate a woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, a move that would tip the court further to the right following the death of liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg. "I will be putting forth a nominee next week. It will be a woman," Trump said at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina. "I think it should be a woman because I actually like women much more than men." As Trump spoke, supporters chanted: "Fill that seat." He praised Ginsburg as a "legal giant ... Her landmark…
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With candles, flowers and signs, mourners honour the legendary RBG  on U.S. Supreme Court steps

With candles, flowers and signs, mourners honour the legendary RBG on U.S. Supreme Court steps

ANDY SULLIVAN  ON a cool night in a heated political year in Washington, several hundred people clutching candles, flowers and signs quietly gathered on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to mark the death of liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A little before midnight, a woman sang the mourners' Kaddish, a traditional Jewish prayer for the dead, on the first night of Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish New Year. "It just feels so nice to be out here with other people who feel the same way," said Dominik Radawski, 46, standing on the steps that are…
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg dies at age 87 from pancreatic cancer

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg dies at age 87 from pancreatic cancer

LAWRENCE HURLEY and ANDREW CHUNG  JUSTICE Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a stalwart liberal on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993, has died at age 87, the court said, giving President Donald Trump a chance to expand its conservative majority with a third appointment at a time of deep divisions in America with a presidential election looming. Ginsburg, a champion of women's rights who became an icon for American liberals, died at her home in Washington of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said in a statement. She was surrounded by her family, the court said. Her departure could dramatically alter…
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