On Friday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. The next day, country music legend Dolly Parton took to social media to pay tribute to the legendary justice.
“She was small in stature but even the tallest looked up to her. Her voice was soft but her message rang loud and clear and will echo forever,” Parton wrote. “Thank you, RBG. Rest In Peace. Respectfully, Dolly Parton.”
Parton rarely opens up about politics, so it’s not surprising that she kept her tribute to Ginsburg apolitical.
In the days since Ginsburg’s passing, tributes to her have been pouring in from many prominent figures.
“Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said of Ginsburg after her death. “We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her—a tireless and resolute champion of justice.”
“She led an amazing life. What else can you say?” President Donald Trump said Friday night after hearing of her death. “She was an amazing woman whether you agree or not she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life.”
CNN reported that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released a tribute to Ginsburg as well, describing her as a “giant in the legal profession” and a “beloved figure,” adding that people “should focus on the loss of the justice and her enduring legacy.”
Former President Barack Obama addressed Ginsburg’s passing in a statement as well.
“Over a long career on both sides of the bench — as a relentless litigator and an incisive jurist — Justice Ginsburg helped us see that discrimination on the basis of sex isn’t about an abstract ideal of equality; that it doesn’t only harm women; that it has real consequences for all of us. It’s about who we are — and who we can be,” Obama said. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought to the end, through her cancer, with unwavering faith in our democracy and its ideals. That’s how we remember her.”
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