Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Sept. 18, 2020, at her home in Washington of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. She was 87.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes the court oath from Chief Justice William Rehnquist, right, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 10, 1993. Ginsburg's husband Martin holds the Bible and President Bill Clinton looks on at left.

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Rehnquist, right, administers the oath of office to newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as President Bill Clinton looks on Aug. 10, 1993.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is applauded by her Hofstra University hosts after her speech on legal ethics on March 11, 1996, in Hempstead.

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Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on July 31, 2014.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg smiles as she participates in a conversation with Judge Ann Claire Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at Roosevelt University on Sept. 11, 2017, in Chicago.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reacts to applause as she is introduced by William Treanor, dean and executive vice president of Georgetown University Law Center, at the Georgetown University Law Center campus in Washington on Sept. 20, 2017.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg answers a law student's question as she participates in a "fireside chat" in the Bruce M. Selya Appellate Courtroom at the Roger William University Law School on Jan. 30, 2018, in Bristol, R.I.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends an event at New York Law School on Feb. 6, 2018.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg applauds after a performance in her honor after she spoke about her life and work during a discussion at Georgetown Law School in Washington on April 6, 2018.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks after the screening of "RBG," the documentary about her, in Jerusalem on July 5, 2018.

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Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for the official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 30, 2018.

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The Roberts Court shown on Nov. 30, 2018. Seated, from left to right: Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Samuel A. Alito. Standing, from left to right: Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Brett M. Kavanaugh.

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