Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Died

History will remember her.

And we're ****** 

Showtime has been playing the film on her life. What an important figure. Ironically Trump put out his SCOTUS picks recently. 

Worth watching

https://www.sho.com/titles/3454689/on-the-basis-of-sex

On the life of Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

I'm crushed. She deserved to retire at the end of the Obama administration. Or the beginning of Hilary Clinton's.

A beautiful woman. 

I hope that all women stop and reflect upon the gift that she has given us and pause to honor her. 

Then I hope they talk to their mothers, sisters, and daughters about the importance of her contributions.

And then I hope they pick up the phone, the pen and the checkbook and turn out the vote.

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I feel like I was just kicked in the groin.  Hard to see how America makes it through all of this.  If the election goes to the SCOTUS it is at best an even split and at worst 5-4 for Trump.

Morganna said:

A beautiful woman. 

I hope that all women stop and reflect upon the gift that she has given us and pause to honor her. 

Then I hope they talk to their mothers, sisters, and daughters about the importance of her contributions.

And then I hope they pick up the phone, the pen and the checkbook and turn out the vote.

 Am I the only one seeing a problem with this post?  

Nope

Apparently, Moscow Mitch has guaranteed a vote on an RBG replacement,  whatever that means.

Red_Barchetta said:

Morganna said:

A beautiful woman. 

I hope that all women stop and reflect upon the gift that she has given us and pause to honor her. 

Then I hope they talk to their mothers, sisters, and daughters about the importance of her contributions.

And then I hope they pick up the phone, the pen and the checkbook and turn out the vote.

 Am I the only one seeing a problem with this post?  

 I don’t see the problem, but feel free to enlighten me

Red_Barchetta said:

 Am I the only one seeing a problem with this post?  

 Apparently....

I read her post several times to figure out why you would say that. 

Jaytee said:

 Apparently....

I read her post several times to figure out why you would say that. 

 I’m with you. Perhaps they are reading it as her death being “a gift”?

I'm happy to clarify if I understand what the interpretation was?

Thought maybe it sounded too political but I'm not much of a thoughts and prayers person. 

The last wish of the Notorious RBG was:

"My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new President is installed."

So let's do this.

I've had a few conversations with people that were convinced when they voted or didn't in the last election that I was being an alarmist when I pointed to SCOTUS and suggested the overturn of Roe v Wade. Even my panic over Kavanaugh was met with reservation and now here we are with McConnell pushing for a vote on the next Justice.

Now my FB newsfeed is alive with all caps profanity. 

Where was everybody?

A friend's post on FB

"President Trump's erratic handling of the coronavirus outbreak, the worsening economy and a cascade of ominous public and private polling have Republicans increasingly nervous that they are at risk of losing the presidency and the Senate if Mr. Trump does not put the nation on a radically improved course.”...and now how many Republicans will support replacing RGB and either fall by the wayside giving the majority to the Democratic Party or will vote against replacing her at this time? This is it! This is the whole ball a wax!! VOTE!!!

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RBG's guest appearance in Daughters of the Regiment

Mourners on the steps of the Supreme Court for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

From another FB friend:

"In honor of RBG's final wish, to not be replaced until after the election, we have to make our voices heard. Even if you have never made a call to Congress before, NOW is the time. Make a commitment...follow through. This is the Senate switchboard number (202-224-3121) or direct lines below. These vulnerable senators need to hear from us to prevent a pre election Supreme Court vote.Call them and quote McConnell at them. Just do it-“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”— Mitch McConnell, March 2016.- 

Susan Collins (202) 224-2523-direct line- Mitt Romney (202) 224-5251- direct line- Cory Gardner (202) 224-5941- direct line- Lamar Alexander (202) 224-4944 -direct line- Thom Tillis (202) 224-6342-direct line- Martha McSally (202)-224-2235- direct line- Chuck Grassley (202) 224-3744- direct line- Ben Sasse (202) 224-4224 - direct line- Steven Daines (202) 224-2651 - direct line- Lindsey Graham (202) 224-5972 - direct line- Lisa Murkowski (202) 224-6665- direct lline"

Barack Obama

8h · Sixty years ago, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applied to be a Supreme Court clerk. She’d studied at two of our finest law schools and had ringing recommendations. But because she was a woman, she was rejected. Ten years later, she sent her first brief to the Supreme Court––which led it to strike down a state law based on gender discrimination for the first time. And then, for nearly three decades, as the second woman ever to sit on the highest court in the land, she was a warrior for gender equality––someone who believed that equal justice under law only had meaning if it applied to every single American.Over a long career on both sides of the bench––as a relentless litigator and an incisive jurist––Justice Ginsburg helped us see that discrimination on the basis of sex isn’t about an abstract ideal of equality; that it doesn’t only harm women; that it has real consequences for all of us. It’s about who we are––and who we can be. Justice Ginsburg inspired the generations who followed her, from the tiniest trick-or-treaters to law students burning the midnight oil to the most powerful leaders in the land. Michelle and I admired her greatly, we’re profoundly thankful for the legacy she left this country, and we offer our gratitude and our condolences to her children and grandchildren tonight.Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought to the end, through her cancer, with unwavering faith in our democracy and its ideals. That’s how we remember her. But she also left instructions for how she wanted her legacy to be honored. Four and a half years ago, when Republicans refused to hold a hearing or an up-or-down vote on Merrick Garland, they invented the principle that the Senate shouldn’t fill an open seat on the Supreme Court before a new president was sworn in.A basic principle of the law––and of everyday fairness––is that we apply rules with consistency, and not based on what’s convenient or advantageous in the moment. The rule of law, the legitimacy of our courts, the fundamental workings of our democracy all depend on that basic principle. As votes are already being cast in this election, Republican Senators are now called to apply that standard. The questions before the Court now and in the coming years––with decisions that will determine whether or not our economy is fair, our society is just, women are treated equally, our planet survives, and our democracy endures––are too consequential to future generations for courts to be filled through anything less than an unimpeachable process.

A country is in bad shape if it's thrown into turmoil by the death of one person.

Very bad shape.

drummerboy said:

A country is in bad shape if it's thrown into turmoil by the death of one person.

Very bad shape.

 I think we are. And I'm tired of the "things were much worse back..." reasoning. The country's on fire at one end and drowning in other parts. Trump/McConnell et. al are evil, not political. To support their party is immoral, not political. If the bastards go ahead with a SCOTUS nomination, dems/progressives better be ready for all-out political and rioting-in-the-streets action. So much damage in 4 short years.  

Thanks for the Seinfeld clip a few days ago. Laughs are few and far between these days. Haven't been here very often in Trump era because all I can do is fulminate (eg., this post) rather than converse dispassionately.

Democrats and progressive activists vowed to eliminate the filibuster and possibly even expand the Supreme Court if Republicans fill the seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday from complications of cancer.

HuffPost

drummerboy said:

A country is in bad shape if it's thrown into turmoil by the death of one person.

Very bad shape.

 I think we are in July of 1914.  On the precipice of something very VERY bad and people are utterly unaware.

Another hypocrite:

Consider Sen. Lindsey O. Graham of South Carolina four years ago: “I want you to use my words against me: If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said, ‘Let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination.’” 

Consider Graham in 2018: “If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump’s term, and the primary process has started, we’ll wait to the next election.”

Now Graham in May 2020, on filling a vacancy: “That would be the goal.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/19/ramming-through-ginsburgs-replacement-would-be-disaster-country/

Anyone who is surprised by this has not been paying attention to conservative politics over the last few decades

basil said:

Anyone who is surprised by this has not been paying attention to conservative politics over the last few decades

I'm not surprised. I expect this of them.

What is disheartening are the self-identified supposedly very religious Christians, like forum member Tierney or evangelicals who continue their support of these in your face hypocrites and liars.

Do they not know their scripture or do they simply go to Church to recite in rote? Yet, they profess such love for their Lord and Savior.

John 8:44 - When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Floyd said:

basil said:

Anyone who is surprised by this has not been paying attention to conservative politics over the last few decades

I'm not surprised. I expect this of them.

What is disheartening are the self-identified supposedly very religious Christians, like forum member Tierney or evangelicals who continue their support of these in your face hypocrites and liars.

Do they not know their scripture or do they simply go to Church to recite in rote? Yet, they profess such love for their Lord and Savior.

John 8:44 - When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Anybody can claim to be a good christian (or muslim or buddhist for that matter). It's how you live your life that defines what you really are.