WASHINGTON, Sept 19, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, who died Friday at the age of 87, told her granddaughter she didn’t
want to be replaced until “a new president is installed,” US media reported.
A few days before her death, Ginsburg dictated the statement to her
granddaughter Clara Spera: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be
replaced until a new president is installed,” according to NPR.
A progressive icon, Ginsburg — affectionately known as the Notorious RBG
— was a staunch opponent of President Donald Trump.
She was outspoken in her condemnations of the president, a man she
criticized for his “ego” and whose impact on the court she said she did not
“even want to contemplate.”
Her death less than two months before a high-stakes presidential election
will likely see Trump move quickly to name her successor, in an effort to
stack the court with conservative justices and make good on one of his
campaign trail promises — dismantling Roe v. Wade, which protects women’s
right to an abortion.