# We are SO FUCKED (Ruth Bader Ginsburg died tonight)

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**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-fucked-ruth-bader-ginsburg-died-tonight/920959 "2020-09-18T23:42:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-fucked-ruth-bader-ginsburg-died-tonight/920959/94 "2020-09-20T23:15:38Z")

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> [@asahi](#):
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> Question for non-American dopers: does the rest of the world freak out over a justice leaving the bench?

A [thread on this topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-courts-how-others-go-about-it/816908); in so far as the SDMB has a representative selection of non-American dopers

Short answer, for seemingly the rest of the world, concern as to who gets a bench seat on their country’s highest court is meh.

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