DEM DONORS FLOOD PARTY WITH CASH

Democrats have deluged their candidates’ campaigns and causes with cash in record amounts since the Friday death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, donating tens of millions of dollars in less than 24 hours.

ActBlue, a key fundraising platform for the left, had taken in more than

$ 53 million by 1: 30 p. m. Saturday since the news broke late Friday. Using ActBlue, donors earmark money for Democratic candidates and causes they want to support.

In August, ActBlue brought in about $ 15.7 million per day for a total of $ 485.4 million.

It won’t be clear who precisely the money is going to until it reports to the Federal Election Commission on Oct. 20

City celebrates homegrown icon.

NEW YORK » Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life is being celebrated in her native New York City with plans for a statue, landmarks lit in blue and impromptu memorials at her childhood home in Brooklyn and the high school she attended.

A legal trailblazer and champion of women’s rights, she became the high court’s second female justice in 1993.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a commission will choose an artist and oversee the selection of a location for a statue in Brooklyn that will serve as a physical reminder of Ginsburg’s “many contributions to the America we know today and as an inspiration for those who will continue to build on her immense body of work.”

Cuomo, a Democrat, also ordered state landmarks lit in blue — the color of justice and reportedly Ginsburg’s favorite color — for Saturday night.

“I loved her to pieces,” Souter says.

WASHINGTON » The remaining eight Supreme Court justices,

and two former colleagues, are speaking out about their colleague Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The justices all spoke of her undying devotion to the law and her grace as a colleague.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her — a tireless and resolute champion of justice.”

Retired Justice David Souter wrote that Ginsburg “achieved greatness before she became a great justice. I loved her to pieces.”

Nicolaus Czarnecki, Boston Herald Law student Catherine Walker- Jacks creates a small memorial in honor of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg outside the Harvard University law library Saturday in Cambridge, Mass.