Hundreds gather at Supreme Court to mourn Ginsburg's death

Hundreds of people gared Friday night outside Supreme Court, singing in a candlelight vigil and weeping toger as y mourned death of Justice Ruth Ber Ginsburg.

large group of mourners packed high court’s steps and street across from U.S. Capitol in a nighttime memorial. Dozens of people sat on steps quietly reflecting on Ginsburg’s legacy.

Scores of memorial candles flickered in wind along front steps of court as people knelt to leave bouquets of flowers, small American flags and handwritten condolence messs for Ginsburg, who died Friday of metastatic pancreatic cancer at 87 after 27 years on court. Prayer candles with Ginsburg’s photo on m were also left on steps.

Several times, dozens in crowd broke out into song, singing “Amazing Grace” and “This Land is Your Land” as ors embraced one ar and wiped tears from ir eyes. At one point, crowd broke into a thunderous applause — lasting for about a minute — for Ginsburg.

“Thank you RBG,” one sign re. On sidewalk, “RBG” was drawn inside a pink chalk heart.

Jennifer Berger, 37, said she felt compelled to join large crowd that gared to pay tribute to Ginsburg’s life.

“I think it is important for us to recognize such a trailblazer,” she said. “It is amazing to see how many people are feeling this loss tonight and saying goodbye.”

Ginsburg spent her final years on bench as unquestioned leer of court’s liberal wing and became something of a rock star to her mirers. Young women especially seemed to embrace court’s Jewish grandmor, affectionately calling her torious RBG, for her defense of rights of women and mirities.

memorial service remained mostly peaceful and somber, but turned tense for several minutes after a man with a megaphone approached people in crowd and began to chant that “Roe v. We is de,” a refence to landmark Supreme Court ruling establishing abortion rights nationwide.

A large group confronted man, leing to a brief shouting match. Many in crowd began yelling “RBG” to try to drown out man’s voice as he continued to say Republicans would push to quickly appoint a conservative justice to court. Supreme Court police officers stood alongside crowd and man eventually left area.