More than 100 of RBG's former clerks line the Supreme Court steps in a powerful display of her legacy

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy was on full display Wednesday as her casket arrived at the Supreme Court.

Ginsburg died Friday at age 87, and on Wednesday, arrived at the court to lie in repose in its Great Hall. More than 100 of Ginsburg's former law clerks were there to greet her, with a handful carrying her casket up the Supreme Court's steps and dozens more lining up along the way.

Inside the court, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt recalled how Ginsburg fought to ensure the Constitution's "promise that 'We the People' would include all the people."

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And Chief Justice John Roberts recalled how Ginsburg, as an attorney, secured "famous victories that helped move our country closer to equal justice under law," and how her 483 opinions from on the bench will "steer the court for decades."

Ginsburg's casket will remain in the Supreme Court until Thursday night, and will then lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Friday.