Planking party planned on Supreme Court steps to honor Ginsburg's 86th birthday
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.
An activist apparel company is planning a birthday tribute to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a planking party on the steps of the Supreme Court.
Ginsburg turns 86 on March 15. The company, the Outrage, received permission to stage the event for Ginsburg fans, report the Washingtonian and Fox 5 DC. Fans will plank—a tribute to Ginsburg’s workout routine—while singing “Happy Birthday.”
The Outrage sells “Plank Like RBG” sweatshirts, T-shirts and water bottles.
The Wall Street Journal described planking in 2011 as “one of the latest kooky internet fads” in which people post photos of themselves resting face down rigidly “and often precariously” like a wooden plank in unusual places. Planking has since been incorporated into exercise routines that include “plank up-downs” and “plank hip dips,” Self magazine reported last year.
Eric Adams, the borough president of Brooklyn in New York City, is also planning a party but with a different focus. He is holding a “Rally for Ruth” at the Brooklyn municipal building as part of a push to rename the building in the justice’s honor, the New York Daily News reports.
A Supreme Court spokeswoman told the New York Daily News that Ginsburg is aware of Adams’ proposal and she is “honored that her name was put forward.”
