PHOTOS: Ginsburg lies in state at Capitol Rotunda

The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman in American history to do so, in commemoration of her extraordinary life.

Ginsburg, who died at age 87, is the first woman, the first Jewish-American and the second Supreme Court justice to lie in state in the Rotunda.

The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is carried by joint services military honor guard into the U.S. Capitol to lie in state in Washington, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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