At the microphone of Europe 1, Noëlle Lenoir, lawyer and former member of the Constitutional Council, evokes the iconic American judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at the age of 87 years.
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It is a blow for the progressives, likely to upset the American institutional balance: Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, dean of the Supreme Court of the United States, died Friday at the age of 87 years.
"The voters must choose the president and the president must propose a judge to the Senate", has already warned the Democratic candidate for the White House, Joe Biden, illustrating the fear of an "express" appointment of a Conservative replacement by Donald Trump.
But beyond the negotiations that lie ahead, the entire American political class pays tribute to a "brilliant" spirit, with an incredible journey.
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"She is a woman who had an exceptional destiny"
"It is an icon, it is even more than the Simone Veil of the United States", abounds at the microphone of Europe 1 Noëlle Lenoir, lawyer and former member of the Constitutional Council.
"She is a woman who had an exceptional destiny, since she is from a not very wealthy Jewish family, where men did not study. She was extremely brilliant, so in the end her mother encouraged her. to study. "
"She is an extremely simple woman, close to people, moving, very intelligent of course, and who has conquered the hearts of American youth, students in particular", comments the lawyer again, with emotion.