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WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday of “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer,” the Supreme Court announced.... Democrats say this is hairsplitting hypocrisy that damages the legitimacy of the court. But they may have little practical power to stop a third Trump nominee after changes in Senate rules on filibusters on nominations. All it takes now is a majority vote to confirm judicial nominees..... During the Obama administration, some liberals urged Justice Ginsburg to step down so that President Barack Obama could name her successor. She rejected the advice. She was critical of Mr. Trump during the 2016...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice who was as pioneering as she was brash, died on Friday, the court said. She was 87. The court said Ginsburg, a lifelong champion of women's rights and a fierce advocate for gender equality, died "surrounded by her family at her home in Washington, D.C., due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer." Chief Justice John Roberts said: "Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew...

The Supreme Court has announced that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died aged 87 after a battle with metastatic pancreas cancer. Ginsburg was only the second woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. While surrounded by her family, she passed away at her home in Washington D.C. Ginsburg served for 27 years and had several bouts of cancer after first being diagnosed in 2009. She announced in July she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for lesions on her liver. Her death paves the way for Donald Trump to expand his conservative majority on the Supreme Court ahead of November’s election....