“Center-left nominee — such as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg”
Ginsburg, center-left? I don’t claim to be an expert on constitutional law, but Ginsburg has always struck me as being among the most liberal, most activist judges on the court in the modern era.
“Ginsburg has always struck me as being among the most liberal, most activist judges on the court in the modern era.”
Agreed.
Some Ruth Bader Ginsburg quotes:
“I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in 2012.”
“You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don’t consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.”
“The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.”
She absolutely is. She’s a little more clever than some of the leftist “greats” of days gone by like Brennan or Thurgood in the sense that she is willing to make small steps to the left if that is all she can get four other justices to agree on instead of insisting on writing a 100% pure leftist opinion even if it means being in dissent, but her views are as far to the left as the Court has ever seen. In fact, some of her views on gender and race are so extreme I doubt even Brennan, Douglas, or Marshall would have fully agreed with her.