'Profound Sorrow': Biden & Pelosi Among Mourners At Capitol As Ginsburg Lies In State
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in state Friday at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman so honored in America, making history again as she had throughout her extraordinary life. The flag-draped casket of Ginsburg, who died last week at 87, in the Capitol’s grand Statuary Hall drew members of Congress, military officials, friends and family, some with children in tow, paying respect to the liberal icon who changed American law and perceptions of women’s power. She and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer welcomed Ginsburg’s casket, which made the short procession from the court’s steps, where it had been on public view for several days, to the East Front of the Capitol. Spectators booed and chanted “Vote him out” as the president, who wore a mask, stood silently near Ginsburg’s casket at the top of the court’s front steps.