# Rip rbg 1933-2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960 "2020-09-18T23:43:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960/1 "2020-09-18T23:43:18Z")

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Reuters is reporting Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer.

ETA:[CNN reports](https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-dead/index.html) on it now.

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960/2 "2020-09-18T23:45:36Z")

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Oh, god. RIP RBG.

Let the games begin.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960/3 "2020-09-18T23:45:47Z")

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Oh, please God, no, this can’t be happening.

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**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960/4 "2020-09-18T23:47:49Z")

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Surely Mitch McConnell will say that the Senate should take no action and let the voters decide, right? He’ll put it off until after the presidential swearing in in January and the new Senators are seated, right? I thought that was the rule. 😖

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960/5 "2020-09-18T23:52:07Z")

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I’m so sorry she’ll never see Trump dragged out of office in handcuff.

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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960/6 "2020-09-18T23:55:48Z")

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God Dammit to hell.

Rest in Peace RBG. You deserve it.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960/7 "2020-09-19T00:14:11Z")

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Reported for a merger with the existing thread in Politics and Elections.

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**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960/8 "2020-09-19T00:14:31Z")

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RIP RBG, and America. ☹