Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes first Jewish person to lie in state at US Capitol

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the first Jewish person to lie in state at the United States Capitol, a distinction reserved for the country’s greats.

Family and lawmakers were paying their respects Friday to honour the late justice, whose casket was displayed in Statuary Hall inside the Capitol building. 

The rare honour has been granted only 34 times in the past, including to presidents, military leaders and the civil rights pioneer John R. Lewis, who died earlier this year. 

Justice Ginsburg also became the first woman to lie in state.