Mourners descended on the State Supreme Court courthouse on Centre St. on Saturday night to pay respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg — and feel solidarity in the coming battle for the Supreme Court and the White House.
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They came bearing votive candles, Ginsburg quotes and images of the Supreme Court justice sporting the famed $6 gold plastic crown worn by rapper Notorious B.I.G. in his final photo shoot. The actual crown recently sold at auction for $600,000.
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Late in her court tenure, Ginsburg became a social media icon, the Notorious RBG, a name coined by a law student who admired the jurist’s dissent in a case that weakened a key civil rights law.
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Like the Notorious B.I.G., Ginsburg was a native of Brooklyn. Governor Cuomo announced there will be a statue dedicated to her there.
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