At Stanford, Justice Ginsburg wishes for more civil discourse

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Source: SF Chronicle

Drawing parallels from her 83 years of life to the partisanship gripping the United States government, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday night called for a return to civil discourse at a Stanford University talk on how to live a “meaningful life.”

Invoking a favorite expression of her late friend and ideological opposite, Antonin Scalia, Ginsburg said Washington, D.C., needs to “get over it.”

“I wish there were a way I could wave a magic wand and put it back when people were respectful of each other, and (government) was working for the good of the country, and not just along party lines,” Ginsburg said.

When Ginsburg leaves the court has become a pressing question — and a nagging worry — for liberals who fret the 83-year-old will step down during President Trump’s term in office.

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[LisaM]

1. Bush v. Gore threw that out the window.

Scalia, Rehnquist, and Thomas had huge conflicts of interest in that case and refused to recuse themselves. O'Connor telegraphed her dismay that Gore would win and she couldn't retire. The Supreme Court bears some of the responsibility for stopping the vote counting in 2000 and letting the Republicans seize power unelected. She must see that at some level.

[GusFring]

2. Why on earth is she traveling? She should be in a bubble in the basement of the Supreme Court for

The next 4yrs. Surrounded by security and 24hr medical staff.