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Hundreds gather to pay tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg along Supreme Court steps

At the Supreme Court steps Friday night hundreds of people gathered to pay tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — singing in a candlelight vigil, with some in tears.

Details: If there is a singular mood at the Supreme Court tonight, it’s some kind of a daze manifested by silence. 


  • There are hundreds of people facing the building — which is flanked on either side by half-staff flags — taking pictures and talking silently among each other. 

The lower steps are covered in flowers and candlelight. Several people are carrying a mix of LGBT pride and American flags.

  • "I can’t believe it's right in front us," one person said. "Like, we’re living history tonight."

The people sitting on the steps of the court are completely silent, as if to take in the weight of the moment they’re living through. 

  • It's remarkable that hundreds of people had the same instinct upon hearing the news tonight — to show up at SCOTUS and process the news here.
Photo: Daniella Mora for Axios

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Tropical Storm Ida forecast to pose major hurricane threat to Gulf Coast

A tropical depression that formed Thursday morning over the Caribbean Sea has the potential to become a powerful hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico and strike the northern Gulf Coast by Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The big picture: The depression is expected to become tropical storm Ida later Thursday or Friday. The Hurricane Center included unusually sobering wording for the first advisory on a storm, partly because the timing of landfall means there is only a few days for residents in the storm's potential path to prepare.

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