Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Jinsberg, the epitome of the American legal world, has died at the age of 87.

Ms Jinsberg, the second woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States, was nominated by US President Bill Clinton in 1993 and served 27 years in the nine – member tribunal.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1933, she attended Cornell University and later Harvard Law School. Six key cases of gender equality have been argued in the U.S. Supreme Court. She was a champion of women’s rights, especially in the workplace.

She died with her family in Washington DC on Friday following pancreatic cancer.

Her death comes six weeks before the November presidential election, which could lead to a bitter fight in Washington over whether to nominate President Donald Trump as a replacement.

Trump has already nominated two conservative Supreme Court justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Cavanaugh, in the White House in just three-and-a-half years.

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The Senate, which must approve the nomination, may consider a new nominee in the “lame duck” session between the November 3 election before the November election and the swearing in of the new Congress in January.

However, following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to consider former US President Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland.

He argued at the time that the decision should be made after the 2016 election.

“The American people have something to say in the court order,” he said. It is the constitutional right of the President to nominate the Supreme Court Justice, and it is the constitutional right of the Senate to examine the President and withhold his consent, ”he said in 2016.

In a statement last night, McConnell said the same party was in power in the Senate and White House.

“Americans re-elected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, especially his excellent appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise, ”he said. “President Trump’s nominee will get votes on the floor of the U.S. Senate.”

However, as a sign of the struggle ahead, Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, tweeted:

“The American people must have a voice in choosing the next Supreme Court justice,” he said. Therefore, do not fill this vacancy until we have a new president. ”

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The Supreme Court requires a simple majority to approve the nominee. Republicans currently control 53 seats in the 100-member chamber, while the vice president has the power to record a tie vote. However, the vote shows Democrats will be able to gain control of the chamber in the November election, when one-third of the Senate seats are on the ballot.

If a nomination is put to a vote in the current congressional session, all 53 Republicans are not sure they will approve Trump’s appointment. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has commented that she will not confirm a nominee in an election year, while questions remain about how Senators Mitt Romney and Susan Collins will vote.

According to the NPR, in the days leading up to her death, Ms. Bader Ginsberg told her granddaughter: “My greatest wish is not to be replaced until a new president is appointed.”

The Trump administration, with the support of the Republican majority in the Senate, has advanced through a record number of federal judges since Trump was elected in 2016. More than 215 judges have already been approved by the Senate, and the president predicts this month that number will rise to 300 by the end of this year.

Ten days ago, Trump released a new list of Supreme Court nominees who could be re-elected in November, including current senators Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton. Announcing the list in the White House on September 9, Trump warned that “radical justices” would repeal the Second Amendment, silence political rhetoric, and finance tax-delayed abortions. They will give power to unelected bureaucrats to destroy millions of American jobs. “

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With the death of Miss Zinsberg, the nine-member court lost one of its most generous voices. Five Republican-nominated justices remain on the bench, including three Liberal justices.

MS Ginsberg, who suffered from several cancers, participated in oral arguments and judgments until his death. Most recently, he was treated in August at a hospital in Baltimore.

Chief Justice John Roberts announced the death of Mrs. Bader Jeansberg.

“Our nation has lost its historic status. We lost a colleague in the Supreme Court. Today we mourn, but we are confident that future generations will remember Ruth Badr Jeanszberg as we know her – the champion of untiring and determined justice. ”

Shortly after finishing a rally in Minnesota, Trump boarded an Air Force One and informed reporters about the death of Miss Zinsberg.

“Is she dead?” I did not know that. She led an amazing life, what else can you say? He said.

“Whether you agree or not … she led an amazing life.”

His presidential opponent, Joe Biden, said: “Tonight, in the days to come, we need to focus on the loss of Justice Ginsberg and her legacy. But, no doubt, let me be clear – voters must elect a president, and that president must choose Justice Zinsberg’s successor. This is the position adopted by the Republican Senate in 2016, about nine months before the election. With less than two months to go before the election, that is the position the United States Senate must take now.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who recommended Ruth Badr Jeansberg to her husband when considering nominees to the Supreme Court in 1993, said it was a very sad night for the United States.

“She was a historic and courageous person who led our country in the right direction,” she said last night.

Ms. Bader Jeansberg will be buried in a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington DC.