With the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her colleagues on the high court each honored her with condolences.
Chief Justice John Roberts called her “a tireless and resolute champion of justice.”
“The most difficult part of a long tenure is watching colleagues decline and pass away,” Justice Clarence Thomas said. “And, the passing of my dear colleague, Ruth, is profoundly difficult and so very sad. I will dearly miss my friend.”
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote, “We are blessed by the happy memories that will remain, like traveling with Ruth to London where (to her delight) an uninformed guide kept calling her ‘Ruthie,’ or all the opera she tried so valiantly to teach me, or her sweet tooth at lunch, or the touching stories of her remarkable life with Marty.”
“She often said that leading a meaningful life means living for one’s family and one’s community, not for oneself,” wrote Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “Ruth lived a profoundly meaningful life, and the numerous ways in which she changed ours will never be forgotten.”
A statement from Anthony Kennedy, who retired from the high court in 2018, was also included in the document released by the Supreme Court on Saturday.
“The members of the Court always will cherish all that Justice Ginsburg meant to us as a distinguished jurist and an inspiring, wonderful person. She will have an esteemed piece in the history of our Court. Ruth was a close, dear friend. Mary joins me in sending our deepest sympathies to her family,” he said.
Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Friday of complications with her battle with cancer.
