We’ve compiled overnight reaction to the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, beginning with this video of an impromptu vigil in front of the Supreme Court last night.

She was not the first woman justice, but she was the first voice for women’s justice. — USA Today

“Ginsburg bore witness to, argued for, and helped to constitutionalize the most hard-fought and least-appreciated revolution in modern American history: the emancipation of women. Aside from Thurgood Marshall, no single American has so wholly advanced the cause of equality under the law…” — The New Yorker

A journalist who knew Justice Ginsburg better than anyone is NPR’s Nina Totenburg.

“Every four years, the po­lit­i­cal world spec­u­lates about an Oc­to­ber sur­prise that might shake up the pres­i­den­tial cam­paign in its fi­nal stages. This year’s Oc­to­ber sur­prise just ar­rived, two weeks early, with the death of Supreme Court Jus­tice Ruth Bader Gins­burg. And it’s ac­tu­ally far more than a sur­prise: It is a shock to the sys­tem, and to a coun­try that hardly seems able to ab­sorb one more in a year al­ready filled with them.” — The Wall St. Journal

Screenshot of the Washington Post front page 9/19/20

“Ginsburg developed a rock star status and was dubbed the ‘Notorious R.B.G.’ In speaking events across the country before liberal audiences, she was greeted with standing ovations as she spoke about her view of the law, her famed exercise routine and her often fiery dissents…” — CNN

Screenshot of The New York Times front page 9/19/20

“Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability and to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has. To do something..outside myself.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg on how she’d like to be remembered

Ann Telnaes draws for the Washington Post.