Updated at 12:12 p.m. ET
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in state Friday at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman to be given that honor in the nation’s history.
Ginsburg’s casket was carried into Statuary Hall, just outside the House of Representatives’ chamber, by an armed forces honor guard. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., presided over the brief ceremony.
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