US Supreme Court and Speaker Pelosi announce plans for Justice Ginsburg to lie in repose and in state.
Rosa Parks was the first woman to lie in honor at the Capitol, which is a designation for non-office-holding citizens.
The public will not be allowed inside the court or the Capitol, but Ginsburg's casket will lie under the portico at the top of the front steps of the Supreme Court building to allow for a public viewing outdoors, the court said. The casket is scheduled to arrive in front of the court just before 9:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, with former law clerks serving as honorary pallbearers. The casket will then be placed on theA private ceremony will be held in the Great Hall at 9:30 a.m. attended by Ginsburg’s family, close friends, and members of the nation's highest court.
Members of the public can then pay respects in front of the building from about 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Thursday. Ginsburg will then lie in state in National Statuary Hall of the Capitol Building on Friday, where a private ceremony will be held in the morning.The court also said there will be a private interment service for Ginsburg next week at Arlington National Cemetery.Pete Williams, Kasie Hunt and Katie Primm
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