The Supreme Court has announced Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. The cause given was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. The court stated that she died in her Washington home, surrounded by her family. She was 87 years old.

Chief Justice John Roberts gave a statement, “Our nation has lost a justice 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 her, a tired and resolute champion of justice,” he said.

Ginsburg played an important role in the fight for women’s rights back in the 1970s. She served for 27 years in the highest court in the land, becoming one of the most prominent judges in the history of the Supreme Court. Ginsburg has always been known as the leader of the liberal wing of the court. Her death opens up the possibility of appointing another conservative justice, which can have a profound impact not just on court decisions but also on the country’s future.

Her family now claims that her last wish was that she would not be replaced right away. “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” Ginsburg supposedly dictated this to her granddaughter. Now, the Democrats and the other leftists will claim that President Trump should refrain from appointing a replacement for Ginsburg after the election.

The appointment of a new justice to the Supreme Court is a prerogative of the President. Both sides of the political spectrum are now getting ready for a tough political battle in the coming months, which further complicates the upcoming elections. The Republicans will try to get a new appointment to replace Ginsburg while the Democrats will do everything they can to prevent it.

It was reported that Ginsburg wanted to stay alive and serve for as long as possible because she knew that if she died that a conservative would likely be appointed to replace her. That’s why even if she was so sick that she could no longer perform her duties that they still propped her up. She has been hospitalized with a terminal disease several times, and she should have retired, but they kept her on.