A 'superhero' who 'never quit': Justice Ginsburg returns to Supreme Court for final time

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court for the final time Wednesday under circumstances both she and her legions of liberal allies and admirers hoped would never happen.

Even as President Donald Trump readied a potential replacement for the late justice, who died Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer, Ginsburg's family, close friends, more than 100 former law clerks and colleagues on the high court gathered for one last goodbye.

The flag-draped casket of the 87-year-old justice was carried up the stairs to the Supreme Court's Great Hall, just outside the courtroom – its entrance draped in black – where she served for 27 years. Her clerks, wearing black masks to guard against the coronavirus pandemic, stood socially distanced and in silence on the courthouse plaza in a show of solidarity.