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Saturday 26 September 2020
Ginsburg makes history again, lying in state at Capitol

By LISA MASCARO en's rights and equality.
AP Congressional Corre- "Brick by brick, case by
spondent case," said Rabbi Lauren
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Holtzblatt of the Adas Isra-
late Supreme Court Justice el Congregation in Wash-
Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay ington, she changed the
in state Friday at the U.S. course of American law.
Capitol, the first woman so "Today, she makes history
honored in America, mak- again," the rabbi said.
ing history again as she had Few Republicans attended
throughout her extraordi- the service that was filled
nary life. with women and Demo-
The flag-draped casket crats. Sens. Elizabeth War-
of Ginsburg, who died last ren of Massachusetts and
week at 87, in the Capitol's Amy Klobuchar of Minneso-
grand Statuary Hall drew ta, both former presidential
members of Congress, mili- contenders, were among
tary officials, friends and those attending.
family, some with children Senate Majority Leader
in tow, paying respect Mitch McConnell, who is
to the liberal icon who leading the push for Trump's
changed American law, nominee to replace Gins-
and perceptions of wom- burg, was invited but no-
en's power. Democratic The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state in the U.S. Capitol on Friday, ticeably missing. The GOP
presidential nominee Joe Sept. 25, 2020. Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Sept. 18 and is the first women to lie in state at whip, Rep. Steve Scalise of
Biden and his wife, Jill, sat the Capitol. Louisiana, was there.
quietly with other invited Associated Press Services were brief, with
guests. His vice presidential coronavirus restrictions for short procession from the have rippled through the the rabbi's reflections and
running mate, Sen. Kamala the service for Ginsburg court's steps where it had Ginsburg commemora- prayer, before guests lined
Harris also attended. amid a Capitol in turmoil. been on public view for tions this week. But Friday's up to pass by the casket
Harris said RBG, as the late President Donald Trump is several days to the East ceremony focused on her and pay their respects.
justice is known by many, prepared to announce a Front of the Capitol. A mili- life and work, with musi- Toward the end of the line
"absolutely" and intention- conservative nominee to tary honor guard carried it cal selections from one of of mourners, one dropped
ally cleared a path for replace the justice on Sat- inside the Capitol's stately her favorite opera singers, to the ground and did
women like her in civic life. urday, weeks before the Statuary Hall. It departed mezzo-soprano Denyce three quick pushups. It was
"She, first of all, made election. A Senate confir- a few hour later, female Graves. She is the first Jew- Bryant Johnson, the jus-
America see what leader- mation vote is expected in lawmakers on the Capitol ish American to lie in state tice's beloved trainer of her
ship looks like -- in the law, late October. steps, waving goodbye. at the Capitol. popular workouts.
in terms of public service House Speaker Nancy Pe- Ginsburg, the second Small in stature, large in Members of the House and
-- and she broke so many losi said it was with "pro- woman to serve on the Su- history, the Brooklyn-born Senate who were not in-
barriers," Harris told report- found sorrow" that she wel- preme Court, will be buried Ginsburg was remembered vited to the ceremony be-
ers at the Capitol. "And I comed the liberal icon and next week in Arlington Na- as a bright Columbia grad- cause of space limitations
know that she did it inten- opened the private service. tional Cemetery beside her uate who was passed over imposed by the coronavi-
tionally knowing that peo- She and Senate Democrat- husband, Martin, who died for jobs at a time when few rus pandemic will be able
ple like me could follow." ic leader Chuck Schumer in 2010. women entered law, only to pay their respects before
She called Ginsburg "one welcomed Ginsburg's cas- The politics of the moment, to go on to reshape the na- a motorcade carrying Gins-
of the greatest Americans." ket her casket made the in a tense election year, tion's laws protecting wom- burg's casket departs the
Mourners gathered under Capitol early afternoon. q

Former exam administrator pleads guilty in college scam

BOSTON (AP) — A former college en- Williams "regrets the harm she has caused
trance exam administrator pleaded guilty her school, her students and the compa-
Friday to taking bribes to help wealthy nies that trusted her," he lawyer said in an
parents rig their kids' test scores as part of email.
a college admissions bribery scheme. "While she has struggled through this dif-
Niki Williams, 46, a former employee of the ficult process, she is eager to move be-
Houston Independent School District, is yond it and start the next chapter of her
among about 40 people who have admit- life," attorney Eric Tennen said.
ted to charges in the case that exposed Rick Singer, the admissions consultant,
a scheme to get undeserving teens into and Mark Riddell, who secretly took the
college with fake athletic credentials or exams for the students, have also plead-
manipulated test scores. ed guilty.
Prosecutors say Williams, who adminis- Williams pleaded guilty to one count of
tered the college entrance exams at the conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail
public high school where she worked, took fraud and honest services wire fraud and
In this March 25, 2019, file photo, Niki Williams, right, a money from the admissions consultant at mail fraud before a Boston federal court
college entrance exam administrator, arrives at federal the center of the scheme in exchange for judge held via video because of the
court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college allowing someone else to take exams in coronavirus pandemic.
admissions bribery scandal. place of the children of Singer's clients or Williams is scheduled to be sentenced
Associated Press
correct their answers. Dec. 21.q