Redigerer Ruth Bader Ginsburg (avsnitt)

==Helseproblemer og død==
Ginsburg ble diagnostisert med kreft i 1999. Hun ble operert og gjennomgikk kjemo- og strålingsterapi uten at det førte til noe fravær fra Høyesterett. Hun begynte et intenst fysisk treningsprogram som ga gode resultater.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-personal-trainer-describes-102537398.html|title=Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Chooses Working Out Over Dinner with the President|last1=Carmon|first1=Irin|last2=Knizhnik|first2=Shana|date=2015-10-23|website=Yahoo.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921152342/https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-personal-trainer-describes-102537398.html|archive-date=2016-09-21|url-status=live}}</ref>

Imidlertid måtte hun opereres igjen i februar 2009, denne gang for [[bukspyttkjertelkreft]].<ref name="ap">{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/29051442|title=Ginsburg could lead to Obama appointment|last=Sherman|first=Mark|date=2009-02-06|publisher=[[NBC News]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215152601/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/29051442/|archive-date=2014-02-15|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/05/AR2009020501930.html|title=Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer|last=Supreme Court Press Release|first=|date=2009-02-05|work=The Washington Post|access-date=2018-02-13|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404220924/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/05/AR2009020501930.html|archive-date=April 4, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

På grunn av et fall som påførte henne brist i tre ribben ble hun innlagt på sykehus igjen 8. november 2018, og under oppholdet der ble det oppdaget av kreften var vendt tilbake og hadde angrepet lungene. Hun gjennomgikk en operasjon for å fjerne de ondartede {{ikkerød|nodul}}ene 21. desember.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Romano|first=Aja|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/11/8/18075770/ruth-bader-ginsburg-memes-hospitalization-notorious-rbg|title="Protect RBG" memes capture cultural anxiety over the Supreme Court|date=2018-11-09|work=Vox|access-date=2018-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108235503/https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/11/8/18075770/ruth-bader-ginsburg-memes-hospitalization-notorious-rbg|archive-date=2018-11-08|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Graff|first=Amy|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Ruth-Bader-Ginsburg-memes-broken-ribs-social-media-13375672.php|title=Hips, ribs and bubble wrap: Fans are offering everything to help injured Ruth Bader Ginsburg|date=2018-11-09|work=SFGate|access-date=2018-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108221745/https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Ruth-Bader-Ginsburg-memes-broken-ribs-social-media-13375672.php|archive-date=November 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="npr20181221">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/21/679065534/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-undergoes-surgery-for-lung-cancer |title=Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Surgery For Lung Cancer |authorlink=Nina Totenberg |last=Totenberg |first=Nina |website=NPR |date=2018-12-21 |access-date=2018-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221174221/https://www.npr.org/2018/12/21/679065534/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-undergoes-surgery-for-lung-cancer |archive-date=2018-12-21 |url-status=live }}</ref>

I august 2019 offentliggjorde Høyesterett at Ginsburg hadde gjennomgått tre uker med strålingsbehandling for å bekjempe en svulst i bukspyttkjertelen. Hun skal ha vært kreftfri i januar 2020, men i mai fikk hun på nytt kreftbehandling. Hun døde av komplikasjoner i forbindelse med kreft i bukspyttkjertelen den 18. september samme år, mindre enn to måneder før [[presidentvalget i USA 2020]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Liptak|first=Adam|date=2020-09-18|title=Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-dies-at-87.html|access-date=2020-09-18|issn=0362-4331|url-access=registration|archive-date=2020-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919000041/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-dies-at-87.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sherman|first=Mark|date=2020-09-18|title=Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies of metastatic pancreatic cancer - The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/18/nation/supreme-court-says-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-died-metastatic-pancreatic-cancer-age-87/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919004312/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/18/nation/supreme-court-says-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-died-metastatic-pancreatic-cancer-age-87/|archive-date=2020-09-19|access-date=2020-09-19|website=BostonGlobe.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Kort tid før sin død dikterte hun følgende beskjed til amerikansk offentlighet: «Mitt mest brennende ønske er at jeg ikke blir erstattet inntil det er valgt en ny president.»<ref name=NPR20200918>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87 |title=Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87 |first=Nina |last=Totenberg |website=[[NPR]] |date=2020-09-18|access-date=2020-09-19 |archive-date=2020-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918235459/https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87 |url-status=live }}</ref>