DeWine orders flags lowered to honor Ginsburg

COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered flags at all Ohio public buildings flown at half-staff immediately until sunset on the date of her internment to honor the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The text of the order is as follows:

"In honor of the life and legacy of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I hereby proclaim, by the authority vested in me as the Governor of the State of Ohio by the Ohio Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flags of the United States and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the State of Ohio effective immediately until sunset on the date of her internment."

Friday, Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington. She was 87.

Ginsburg announced in July that she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for lesions on her liver, the latest of her several battles with cancer.

Ginsburg spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court's liberal wing and became something of a rock star to her admirers. Young women especially seemed to embrace the court's Jewish grandmother, affectionately calling her the Notorious RBG, for her defense of the rights of women and minorities, and the strength and resilience she displayed in the face of personal loss and health crises.

On Friday, DeWine said, "Her work ethic, her devotion to the court, her own fight to break down barriers, her long friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia even though they were opposites philosophically, and her courageous fight against cancer stand as examples to all of us.

"She served with a strength and dignity that inspires us all. May her memory be a blessing."

This story was originally published September 20, 2020 at 11:36 AM with the headline "DeWine orders flags lowered to honor Ginsburg."