Justice Ginsburg Planning to Skip Trump's Speech to Congress

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Ginsburg, who called Trump a "faker" during his campaign, intends to skip Tuesday night’s speech, leaving it to five of her colleagues to represent the court.

Chief Justice John Roberts will join Justices Anthony Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan in attendance, court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg confirmed. All are regulars at the annual event. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito aren’t planning to attend, continuing their past practice.

Alito hasn’t gone to a speech since 2010, the year Obama criticized the justices’ just-issued Citizens United campaign-finance ruling. Obama accused the court of ignoring a century of precedent, a claim that prompted Alito to shake his head and mouth "not true" as Democratic lawmakers directly behind the justices rose to cheer.

Ginsburg, a 1993 appointee of Democrat Bill Clinton, also skipped Republican President George W. Bush’s speeches. She attended all eight of Obama’s.

Her attendance Tuesday night could have created an awkward moment given that the president typically greets members of the court before the speech. Trump called on Ginsburg to resign after she made the “faker” comment during the campaign.


read: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-28/state-department-faces-37-trump-funding-cut-as-senators-resist

[BannonsLiver]

1. Good. She needs to remain in a hermetically sealed biosphere chamber at all times.

I'm kidding. Mostly.

Keep on keeping on Ruth.

[LisaM]

2. Not enough wine in the world....

for her to go sit and doze off!

[Raster]

3. Notorius RBG!!! She of course, is correct...

...rump* is a faker and has no business masquerading as POTUS.

[elleng]

4. Glad to hear it! Was wondering.

Her embrace(s) of Prez O has been one of my favorite memories.

[Lotusflower70]

5. I love her

Notorious RBG still kicking ass.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. They just walked in and she wasn't there

Nor was Thomas or Alito.