# Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957 "2020-09-18T23:34:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/49 "2020-09-19T00:10:47Z")

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In one sense, I will defend my conservative buddy (I actually like octopus 🙂). He’s not wrong in that if it comes down to this, to packing the courts, it’s a sad fucking commentary on “democracy.”

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