Republican sources say president decides to nominate conservative judge to replace late justice, kicking off bitter partisan battle weeks before election

Flag-draped casket draws members of Congress, military officials, friends and family to honor late justice; rabbi leading ceremony says RGB changed course of American law

'Justice, compassion, fairness... these are things that we talk about literally on a weekly basis,' says rabbi of late US justice's childhood synagogue. 'She lived those values'

People form lines of nearly half a mile to pay respects to women’s rights champion and leader of court’s liberal bloc during casket viewing

Public perception of US Supreme Court judge evolved, from staid jurist to pop culture icon -- and finally even to a spiritual figure

Rabbi recites psalms for US justice at start of formal mourning period as justice lies in repose

Online gathering organized to give participants the chance to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish for deceased jurist, a rite traditionally reserved for immediate family

Occasion also expected to bring together remaining eight justices for the first time since March

Lauren Witzke, who has promoted QAnon conspiracy theory, claims the jurist’s 'obsession with abortion overtly singled out blacks and minorities for extermination'

Dispelling US president's suggestions of Democrat plot, Clara Spera tells BBC she took down request from Supreme Court judge in the days before her death, verified she got it right