The foundation that administers an award in the name of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced Monday night that it was canceling this year’s ceremony after criticism from her family about the slate of honorees.

Further, Julie Opperman, chair of RBG award organizers the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation, said in her statement that the organization will have to “make a judgment about how or whether to proceed in the future.”

Ginsburg’s family took exception last week when the Opperman Foundation put forth the slate of Elon Musk, Martha Stewart, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Milken and Sylvester Stallone as this year’s recipients of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award. 

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