Her former law clerks lined the steps of the Supreme Court as the casket of Ruth Bader Ginsburg was brought to the court where she will lie in repose (video above). Ginsburg was eulogized as a “path-marking role model for women and girls of all ages, who now know that no office is out of reach for their dreams.”

“Ruth used to ask: What is the difference between a bookkeeper in Brooklyn and a Supreme Court justice?” “Her answer: one generation.” — Chief Justice John Roberts on Ruth Bader Ginsburg

 

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 23: A mourner holding a sign that reads “Not all superheroes wear capes, some wore neck collars” stands outside of the U.S. Supreme Court where Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in repose, on September 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. Ginsburg, who was appointed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, served on the high court from 1993 until her death on September 18, 2020. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

 

Due to coronavirus, the public isn’t entering the high court, instead, Ginsburg’s casket is on display outside.

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 23: The casket of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is placed on the Lincoln catafalque on the west front of the U.S. Supreme Court September 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. A pioneering lawyer and according the Chief Justice John Roberts ‘a jurist of historic stature,’ Ginsburg died September 18 at the age of 87 after a long battle against cancer. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 23: A woman pays her respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on September 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. Ginsburg, appointed to the high court by President Bill Clinton in 1993, died September 18 of complications due to pancreatic cancer. She was 87. (Photo by Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)

On Friday, Ginsburg will become the first woman to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol.