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The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice, sent mourners flocking to the Supreme Court for an impromptu vigil.

Ginsburg died Friday night of cancer complications. She was 87.

The nation is mourning the loss of Ginsburg, a champion of gender equality, who died of cancer complications Friday.

The process is shrouded in secrecy, but the president's flair for the dramatic has introduced a sense of showmanship to the highly choreographed roll out.

The president has said that his Supreme Court nominees will come from among a list of names that he first released as a candidate and which has since been updated.

NPR's Nina Totenberg first encountered law professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1971. They became close friends after Ginsburg moved to Washington to serve on the federal appeals court.

Hundreds gathered on the court's plaza to pay their respects to the legal icon, who died Friday at the age of 87.

In his statement, Obama said Republicans should "apply rules with consistency, and not based on what's convenient or advantageous in the moment."

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, about the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the political battle that comes next to fill her chair on the court.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is vowing a vote for a potential Trump nominee will take place on the Senate floor despite McConnell not even holding a hearing for Obama's 2016 nominee.

Throughout her career, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg granted numerous interviews to NPR, discussing retirement, love, health and regret.

News of the Supreme Court justice's death came as President Trump held a rally in Minnesota. He said he learned of her death from reporters afterward and later tweeted a statement.