ReportageThousands of admirers gathered in front of the remains of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. His coffin will remain at the entrance to the United States Supreme Court in Washington, until a national tribute on Friday on Capitol Hill.
“If Ruth Bader Ginsburg is replaced before the election, the court will be very right-wing for my daughter’s whole generation, which is very worrying. The scales are tilted towards a threat to our most basic rights. “ Jennifer Flynn and her daughter Zoë, bouquets of sunflowers in hand, came from the nearby town of Alexandria, Virginia, to pay their respects to the judge who died Friday, September 18 after serving for twenty-seven years on the Supreme Court of the States -Unis, in Washington, where she notably defended the rights of women, homosexuals and minorities.
Like them, they were thousands to parade, Wednesday, September 23, in front of his remains. Donald Trump gathered in front of the judge’s coffin on September 24. The American president is expected to announce on Saturday who he wishes to appoint to this influential post and already has in the Senate the 51 votes necessary to strengthen the conservative majority of the highest legal body in the United States, by increasing it from five to six judges on new.
Something to worry Democratic voters, who fear the reversals of major decisions decided by liberal judges, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg (“RBG”) was often the spokesperson. “Equal pay for women and minorities, equal opportunities at school, Roe v. Wade [qui a légalisé l’avortement ]… ” : Leslie Welk, from Phoenix, Arizona, has a long list of concerns. For Sarah Stevens, 33, it is democracy itself that is endangered by this rushed appointment. Forty-one days before the presidential election promises to be extraordinary, photographer André Chung went to meet those who wished to pay a last tribute to this great democratic figure, in order to understand their concerns.
Cara Gilbert, 40, from Washington, DC:
“I am here to pay tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg because she has always been an advocate for women’s rights and for all citizens, regardless of gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity. She showed the way for working women at a time when men were dominant. There are a lot of things that worry me since his death, but, as a priority, I would say that I am worried about equality between everyone and about reproductive rights. “
Zoë Flynn, 13, from Alexandria (Virginia) with her mother, Jennifer:
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