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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tells America She’d Like To Remain On The Bench ‘At Least Five More Years’
dailycaller.com ^ | 7/29/18 | Scott Morefield

Posted on 07/30/2018 1:22:32 AM PDT by a little elbow grease

(snip) --- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sunday said she wants to keep her Supreme Court seat for “at least five more years.”

“I’m now 85,” Ginsburg said Sunday in New York at a production about late Justice Antonin Scalia called “The Originalist,” CNN reported. “My senior colleague, Justice John Paul Stevens, he stepped down when he was 90, so think I have about at least five more years.”

(snip) ---- Ginsburg cited “good behavior” and the lack of term limits as reasons why she intends to remain on the bench into the foreseeable future. “You can’t set term limits, because to do that you’d have to amend the Constitution,” she said. “Article 3 says … we hold our offices during good behavior … And most judges are very well behaved.”

CNN reports that Ginsburg has hired law clerks for at least two more court terms.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: baderginsberg; elderly; ginsburg; old; rbg; supreme; trumpscotus
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Full title -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tells America She’d Like To Remain On The Bench ‘At Least Five More Years’

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............ all she needs to do is not nod off too often in public.

1 posted on 07/30/2018 1:22:32 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
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"Ginsburg cited “good behavior” and the lack of term limits as reasons why she intends to remain on the bench into the foreseeable future. .......... we hold our offices during good behavior … and most judges are very well behaved.”"

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To the left and baby killers everywhere she is "well behaved" on the court as long as she sticks up for ABORTION.

2 posted on 07/30/2018 1:27:05 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties are worth more than pussy hats and resistance)
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To: a little elbow grease

3 posted on 07/30/2018 1:32:44 AM PDT by pookie18
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To: a little elbow grease

God may have a different idea.


4 posted on 07/30/2018 1:33:25 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 trillion dollars.)
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To: a little elbow grease

And we the people pray Ruth will not be there beyond 2019. Thank you for serving Ruth, good-bye.


5 posted on 07/30/2018 1:33:44 AM PDT by exnavy (America: love it or leave it.)
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By that time, she’ll be a kabillion years old.


6 posted on 07/30/2018 1:36:08 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: a little elbow grease

Luke 4:12

Jews haven’t read that one.


7 posted on 07/30/2018 1:40:52 AM PDT by Az Joe (I AM TRUMP!)
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To: Az Joe

lol


8 posted on 07/30/2018 1:43:23 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties are worth more than pussy hats and resistance)
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"By that time, she’ll be a kabillion years old."

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She'll be 90 in five years.

If 90 is a "kabillion" how much is 95?

9 posted on 07/30/2018 1:45:53 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties are worth more than pussy hats and resistance)
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To: a little elbow grease
Ginsburg cited “good behavior” and the lack of term limits as reasons why she intends to remain on the bench into the foreseeable future. “You can’t set term limits, because to do that you’d have to amend the Constitution,” she said.

So let's amend The Constitution.. I cant believe The Founders intended RBG and her ilk to sit on the court for forty or fifty years. And while we're at it, set term limits for all Federal judges. And Congress too.

10 posted on 07/30/2018 1:47:31 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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“You can’t set term limits, because to do that you’d have to amend the Constitution,” she said. “Article 3 says … we hold our offices during good behavior

Would you look at that!!! Who would have guessed?

She has read the constitution!!!

And she even understands at least one article!

11 posted on 07/30/2018 1:47:55 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: a little elbow grease

She can say what she wants; Scalia probably would’ve said something similar had you asked him in January 2016.

The Grim Reaper might ‘overrule’ her on this one though.


12 posted on 07/30/2018 1:52:26 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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"I cant believe The Founders intended RBG and her ilk to sit on the court for forty or fifty years. And while we're at it, set term limits for all Federal judges. And Congress too."

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Agreed.


13 posted on 07/30/2018 1:53:36 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties are worth more than pussy hats and resistance)
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At age 70, you can be disqualified from JURY DUTY in MASSACHUSETTS - just sayin'
14 posted on 07/30/2018 1:53:45 AM PDT by 4Liberty (Where are the Obama-Creamer audio tapes, CNN?)
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To: Rummyfan

This time-limit discussion comes up often with the Supreme Court, and gets dismissed. I think until it gets settled with the House/Senate with limitations....this will continue on. Personally, I think a 8-year appointment ought to be set, with a 2-year optional appointment if the President wanted to retain their services.

In Ginsburg’s case...I don’t think she’ll make that five-year challenge.


15 posted on 07/30/2018 1:54:01 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: a little elbow grease

Instead of term limits for the Court, how about a weight limit? Ginsburg weighs about 65 pounds at this point. Any human who is likely to blow away in a strong wind should not be deciding matters of constitutional import.


16 posted on 07/30/2018 2:05:37 AM PDT by KyCats
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“You can’t set term limits, because to do that you’d have to amend the Constitution,” she said. “Article 3 says … we hold our offices during good behavior

You are right the founders never envisaged USSC judges sitting for 40 or 50 years because the job was physically demanding.

The first SC Judges road circuit. They actually spent a lot of time on horse back riding from court house to court house. In good weather and bad.

After congress created new courts (Federal appellate courts) to perform these duties the job got easier and they could stay in Washington D.C.

17 posted on 07/30/2018 2:07:24 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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"Instead of term limits for the Court, how about a weight limit? Ginsburg weighs about 65 pounds at this point. Any human who is likely to blow away in a strong wind should not be deciding matters of constitutional import."

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So, you suggest Ruthie shouldn't be involved in any "weighty" decisions?

18 posted on 07/30/2018 2:32:15 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties are worth more than pussy hats and resistance)
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To: a little elbow grease

I’m sure that the George Soros and Nelson Rockefeller’s of the world would like to help her a little longer.

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/are-the-aging-elite-feasting-on-young-blood-rockefeller-research-advanced-eternal-quest_01052017


19 posted on 07/30/2018 2:34:40 AM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (This is the sort of stuff up with which I shall not put!)
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Everyone wants to live forever...

Good luck to her.

She may be our October surprise.


20 posted on 07/30/2018 2:43:49 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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