I had the feeling that Ruth was trying to hold on till the elections. I do not know this for a fact, but it seemed that she did not want our current president to have any power / say in her replacement at the Supreme Court. In many ways her passing will, I feel, give a new force to the Democratic party vote.

To me, growing up in NY in the 1930s in a highly orthodox Jewish household I wanted, and found my emancipation. I went to a liberal arts college, forgot most of the Yiddish I learnt and started my own road. Ruth Baber was part of this road. She walked at my side. Bless her! May she rest in Peace!

Ardan thank you! Lovely topic! I was lucky to hear RBG speak here at Stanford. Video Web Link

Had to come back with this Web Link (on vox.com) which ends with this wonderful sentence: "Justice Ginsburg died an optimist because she’d seen the impossible happen. She made much of it happen herself. May the memory of that age of optimism be a blessing."

There is just published on this site: "What I will remember about Ruth Bader Ginsburg" by Diana Diamond. A touching and lovely message found at Web Link

Palo Alto Flags Lowered In Honor Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg! More: Web Link

I wrote this post after attending a local vigil in Justice Ginsburg's memory Saturday night.

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I also posted it as a comment to Diana Diamond's lovely column here Web Link (before I saw your topic as well!).

Thank you for collecting these memories. Justice Ginsburg changed so many lives for the better. Zichronah livracha.

> "...your hopes for the future?"

^ In regards to the future of the SCOTUS...hoping that the new associate justice will embrace & share the judicial visions of RBG & Louis Brandeis (along with William O. Douglass & Thurgood Marshall).

A 6-3 conservative to liberal SCOTUS imbalance will keep America in the dark ages.