Ruth Bader Ginsburg to become first woman to lie in state at US Capitol

FILE - In this Nov. 30,2018 file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, nominated by President Bill Clinton, sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Friday. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

WASHINGTON (AP): Capping days of commemorations of her extraordinary life, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will become the first woman in American history to lie in state in the US Capitol.

Ginsburg, who died last week at age 87, also will be the first Jewish-American to lie in state and just the second Supreme Court justice. The first, Chief Justice William Howard Taft, had also been president.