Posted on 02/23/2017 11:07:39 AM PST by Hojczyk
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says the US is "not experiencing the best of times" - but the "pendulum" will swing back.
Speaking to BBC Newsnight in a rare interview, Justice Ginsburg reiterated the importance of the free press. "I read the Washington Post and the New York Times every day, and I think that the reporters are trying to tell the public the truth," she said. Justice Ginsburg was nominated by Bill Clinton and is regarded as a liberal.
Think of what the press has done in the United States," she said citing the Watergate scandal. "That story might never have come out if we didn't have the free press that we do."
Justice Ginsburg said she was encouraged by the Women's March, which saw millions in the US and around the world take part in anti-Trump protests.
"I've never seen such a demonstration - both the numbers and the rapport of the people in that crowd. There was no violence, it was orderly. So yes, we are not experiencing the best times but there is there is reason to hope that that we will see a better day."
Justice Ginsburg has been on the Supreme Court since 1993 and - at 83 years-old - is the oldest serving member.
Asked how much longer she would stay in post, she said: "At my age you have to take it year by year. I know I'm OK. What will be next year?"
She added: "I'm hopeful however, because my most senior colleague the one who most recently retired, Justice John Paul Stevens, stepped down at age 90. So I have a way to go.
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She’s so far past her “sell-by” date it isn’t funny. She won’t last 4 years.
Looks like she will be there til she dies...
They should make them retire at 75 or 70
We need to start looking seriously at ways of removing judges that do not follow the constitution
She's right. Any time that woman participates in making decisions the same among the rest of us are expected to view as valid, and comply with, is a bad day.
She is clearly a deranged fool. She needs to GO!!
“I read the Washington Post and the New York Times every day, and I think that the reporters are trying to tell the public the truth,” she said.
What a stupid old woman.
New Zealand is great this time of year, Ruth.
Good.
Is she on her death bed yet?
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says the US is “not experiencing the best of times” - but the “pendulum” will swing back.
So yes, we are not experiencing the best times but there is there is reason to hope that that we will see a better day.”
That “better day” came on November 8th, 2016 and continues.
An even better day will come when Ginsburg leaves the bench.
The times they are a changing.
“Trying” (to tell the truth) is the keyword. EPIC fail down at the Wapo and Slimes.
This is really good news.
She’s been quoted a lot lately. This exposes two things:
1. Just how goofy her opinions are.
2. The good news - it appears she is preparing to retire and want’s to get all her feelings out while people are listening.
She’s worse than stupid, she’s vile.
The human pantload pines for the days when the press lined up to smooch Obama’s backside.
Yes she is on her deathbed, but it could take 8 years for her to die. Seriously, it takes a long time for some people to die.
The pendulum is swinging back right now
You’d really have to want to believe, to actually believe, what the Slimes or the Bezos Blog is saying.
Good point.
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