Posted on 02/24/2017 8:36:17 AM PST by SeekAndFind
If a few kind words about a passing encounter could be considered significant, then yeah, the doyenne of the liberal wing of the Supreme Court praised the next justice. In reality, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg offered nothing more than a few personal bon mots about Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump’s nominee to join the panel. Despite the attempts late yesterday to spin this as something more significant, Ginsburg got a few laughs from how insubstantial her observations on Gorsuch are:
As for the new Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, Ginsburg didnt have much to say.
“I know him I’ve worked with him. And I think he’s very easy to get along with. He writes very well,” she said to laughter from the crowd.
That’s not “damning with faint praise,” but it’s still faint praise nonetheless.
More interestingly, Ginsburg poked back at those on the Left who demanded her retirement before Obama left office. She has no intention of retiring any time soon, Ginsburg told the George Washington University crowd, no matter which side wants it:
She also said that she has no second thoughts on her decision not to retire during the Obama administration in order to ensure a liberal justice could be appointed.
I will do this job as long as I can do it full steam. And when I cant, that will be the time to step down, she said. …
Ginsburg pointed out that she is almost 84 but said that shes here to stay as well. She credited her personal trainer for her longevity, who keeps her fit with an exercise routine of planks and push-ups.
In other words, Ted Cruz’s big prediction yesterday at CPAC isn’t, as Allahpundit deduced, in reference to Ginsburg. She’s doing everything she can to keep fit enough to stay on the court, and she may never want to retire quietly from what is the apex of any judicial career. There has been plenty of speculation that Trump would get to nominate more than two justices during his first term, but Ginsburg isn’t going to just give Trump her seat to fill. As her interaction at GWU demonstrates, she still enjoys the job and the attention.
Gorsuch did pick up an endorsement this week — one of the more interesting if obscure endorsements so far:
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes on Wednesday announced their endorsement of President Donald Trumps nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch.
In a press release, tribal spokesman Robert McDonald said, President Trump has nominated a judge who understands Indian law and the needs of Indian Country.
That’s an interesting angle on Gorsuch, but not the only one. In the same statement, the tribes thank both Montana Senators for their work in the confirmation process — Republican Steve Daines for his “leadership role” in it, and Democrat Jon Tester for his “diligence.” Tester has to run again in Montana next year, a state that went for Trump last year. Perhaps he’s hinting at a yes vote on Gorsuch back home? He’s already called for a “fair hearing,” and “a fair shake.”
Staying fit is nice, but in our mid 80’s our health can easily deteriorate for so many reasons.
The eugenicist doth protest too much.
Ginsburg will hold on til the very end, I’m sure.
Grandkid can leave a penumbra on the stairs...
She might want to bring her trainer with her to court, so he can poke her every time she falls asleep.
I predict Trump will replace three justices in his first term. Just a hunch I know.
Just 5 min ago I got a Robo-call in support of Gorsuch and wanting me to call my MI Senators to support him.
There is no way Debby Slobbercow or Gary Peter would vote for him, but I called and left a message.
Ginsburg plans to stay on the Court, huh?
I’m sure Scalia would have said the same thing in January 2016.
Sometimes, life has other plans.
I remember Scalia thought well of Elena Kagan, so go figure.
Maybe there really are some circles where people of opposite viewpoints actually have rational discussions?
Naaaaah.
Ruth is hanging on to hang on to the limelight for as long as she possibly can. Once she is out of the Supreme Court, she fears that no one will pay attention to her ever again. I am sure that she assumed that Hillary would win. So at this point her selfish tenacity has backfired on her. She most likely will be gone before the end of Donald Trump's first term. If she is still alive she will watch the composition of the court swing to the right in a way that none of us have seen before.
Scalia and his wife were very good social friends with Ginsberg and her husband.
We can only hope, we need to take back our constitution and stop judicial activism from the bench.
What’s wrong with her hand?
She is refreshingly old school in that she doesn’t let her ideology determine her friendships. That said, she does appear to be wrong on most issues.
“What’s wrong with her hand?”
After a double take, I realized she’s wearing black gloves.
Ginsburg and Scalia were friends and it’s a lifetime appointment. Her call when she wants to step down.
God’s call as to when she steps down.
Ginsburg was the leader in abolishing federal and state gender discrimination. Her work as a private attorney specializing women’s rights and her role in the ACLU has made America more just.
“Antonin Scalia praised Ginsburg’s skills as an advocate, “she became the leading (and very successful) litigator on behalf of women’s rightsthe Thurgood Marshall of that cause, so to speak.’”
She is one the few principled liberal SC justices in modern history.
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