Posted on 07/16/2016 4:29:49 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Many years ago, journalist Michael Kinsley secured a place in our history when he observed that “a faux pas is when you blurt out the truth in Washington.”
Last Friday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg committed a faux pas in a New York Times interview, blurting out the truth that she is intensely partisan and decides major cases on ideological grounds.
Federal judges are supposed to keep out of the political mud, but Justice Ginsburg opined that Donald Trump would be a national disaster. “I can’t imagine what the country would be with Donald Trump as our president,” she said, adding that the prospect of a Trump presidency made her think about moving to New Zealand.
Furthermore, she also revealed that her mind is made up on possible future cases that could come before the Court. She wants a chance to overrule the big Second Amendment decision District of Columbia v. Heller, for one. Ginsburg, like nearly all progressives, is hostile to the idea, clearly articulated in that decision by the late Justice Scalia, that the Constitution protects the right of individuals to keep and bear arms.
For another, Justice Ginsburg says she wants to overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. That is the decision, denounced by Barack Obama in his 2010 State of the Union address with the members of the Court seated in front of him, that keeps the government from clamping down on free speech for parties Ginsburg, Obama, and many others would like to silence on political matters, especially corporations.
So, we now understand that facts and arguments in cases raising First and Second Amendment issues would not matter to Justice Ginsburg. She has her agenda and her mind is made up.
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Yes, they occasionally do and there have been several instances in the past three or four years. However, they cannot be forced to recuse themselves.
Ruth Buzzi Ginsburg illustrates why the SC should have limited terms.
More like the Ministry of Truth.
We seem to be living the movie Brazil ...
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Since I have seen it a few times you are dead on and I award you post of the day.
Sad but we really are living the script.
Perhaps.
I remember those who wanted to silence David Duke, and I was a strong proponent of giving him the greatest platform, so that we would always know who he was and where he stood. And so that his ideas could be addressed in the open.
The worst thing that could happen is to have ignorance and bias like Ginsburg's hidden away, doing its damage out of sight.
We must transparently know what she is– outwardly and without guesswork– and we must contend with it.
We must force her allies to contend with their concurring ideas as well.
That means that the demon sitting on her shoulder gave her bad advice.
Clear grounds for impeachment, she openly stated her intent to ignore the Constitution she swore to uphold.
The senile old bag needs to step down.
Rush Limbaugh said of that Justice Scalia said to him that cases are NOT discussed, they do not debate the issues. Liberal judges are indeed prejudice. They go into a case with a pre-determined outcome.
I can never understand exactly why people bother apologizing for “misspeaking”. If that’s what they think, why can’t they defend it?
Great read. On the positive side, Buzzy clearly stated why the Hildebeast should not be POTUS.
So, why do we even have this phony process of the courts? We spend a lot of money and time indulging their little pretend game of "judging".
Why not just cut to the chase, and have the partisan judges just vote right away on any question? The "legal arguments" and "legal reasoning" is just a pile of horseMitt.
She should be impeached. I won’t hold my breath though.
You mean like Scalia?
She reminds me of Norman Bates’ mother in Psycho. She’s not asleep. She’s been dead for 10 years. The libs just prop her up once in a while. In that picture they forgot to use a neck brace.
There is no such thing. When you can guess results of the court before they announce, you know the court is dead. GOP votes the same mostly and DNC judges vote the same way. They all suck.
If The Witch wins in November, stacks the USSC with more leftists like Ginsburg, overturn Heller, let Ginsburg herself come and take my guns.
Boy is that a rogue’s gallery. Every last one of them is an anti-constitutional phony.
The statists on the USSC never recuse themselves for important cases. Kagan has recused herself several times for low level administrative cases, but not for the big ones, like the ACA cases when she should have.
This government is a bad joke for all to see (if one cares to open his/her eyes).
RBG confirmed openly what many of us have known all along - she is one of several partisan leftists on the Supreme Court and it is their political ideology that is the basis for their decisions.
She called Trump a “faker”. RBG is the faker - faking that she is qualified and deserving of the title and position of Justice, that she is a trustworthy protector of the Constitutional Rights, freedom and liberty. Gladly her place in history is now secure - none of her decisions will be popularly remembered - but public political statements showing that she decided cases based on her own political beliefs - a travesty of justice.
RBG brought great dishonor to the Court and if she had a half a grain of integrity, she would resign. The other seven justices should tell her to resign to protect the institution for all Americans.
If appointments are for life, then there should be an amendment to the constitution that allows for some majority of states to overrule politicized decisions made by a politicized court.
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