President Donald Trump issued a proclamation directing that flags at the White House and all public buildings and grounds and military facilities be flown at half-staff until the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is interred. Ginsburg passed away on Friday, September 17, 2020, at 87 years old due to metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1993 until her death on September 17, 2020.