Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died aged 87 (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.

A diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, Ms Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said.