Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Lie In Repose At The Supreme Court, U.S. Capitol This Week

The casket will arrive in front of the Supreme Court just before 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday and a private ceremony will take place attended by Ginsburg’s family, close friends and members of the court. 

Following the private ceremony, Ginsburg will lie in repose at the top of the front steps of the Supreme Court to allow the public to mourn.

Former law clerks to Ginsburg will serve as honorary pallbearers and will line the front steps as the casket arrives and Supreme Court police officers will be pallbearers. 

The Supreme Court Justices will stay inside the Great Hall, where the casket will be placed on the Lincoln Catafalque, a platform constructed in 1865 to support the casket of former President Abraham Lincoln while his body lay in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, which has been loaned to the Court by the U.S. Congress for the ceremony. 

Ginsburg will lie in state in the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall and there will be a formal ceremony for invited guests.

A private interment service will be held next week at Arlington National Cemetery.