Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
Source: NPR.org
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural, and feminist icon has died. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from cancer.
Architect of the legal fight for women's rights in the 1970s, Ginsburg subsequently served 27 years on the nation's highest court, becoming its most prominent member. Her death will inevitably set in motion what promises to be a nasty and tumultuous political battle over who will succeed her, and it thrusts the Supreme Court vacancy into the spotlight of the presidential campaign.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87
sinkingfeeling
(51,445 posts)lastlib
(23,213 posts)Shitgibbon won't wait for her seat to cool to trot out another Beer-Boy Kavanaughty clone to fill it. And MoscowMitch will shove it through with all the speed he denied Merrick Garland before the American people have spoken.
RIP, RBG--cross gently. We earnestly await your next dissenting opinion from the HIGH bench.
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Is there ANY way to stop these futhermuckers??
AZ8theist
(5,456 posts)RIP, RBG.....rip.....
Thank you for everything. I'm happy you won't be around to see the destruction of the democracy you so loved and cherished.
beaglelover
(3,466 posts)tremendous loss
softydog88
(126 posts)Joe Biden will make it clear that he WILL expand the court if Nazi Mitch McConnell tries to push through a nomination before the election OR the inauguration. HE MUST!
Dios Mio
(429 posts)Woodycall
(259 posts)I'll stay and fight...
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Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)stevil
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Until after the election. Nice avatar. RIP justice g
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kansasobama
(609 posts)There goes ACA and Choice
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Thru now? Although it will energize the wingnuts huh
leftieNanner
(15,082 posts)Mitch will have the next Justice teed up on Monday morning!
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Til Nov. It's holding off until Jan 20 or whenever inauguration is.
Time for true out of the box thinking and acting. If Trump was in this situation, hell, he'd have it somehow tied up in court. Course we have Barr headwinds too.
Trump submitted 21 names to Mitch last month.
leftieNanner
(15,082 posts)Let's hope the Dems have lots of maneuvering ideas to slow this down as much as possible.
This is all just too much to bear. Trump, Covid, the Economy, Fires, (we just found out our up hill neighbor's sewer line runs under our house and is possibly failing), and RBG.
Good grief!
SergeStorms
(19,193 posts)With Moscow Mitch riding herd in the Senate they'll do anything they damned well please. The Supreme Court is now hopelessly fucked.
SayItLoud
(1,702 posts)going to vote for Joe will now swing back to tRUMP just to get a judge. Evangelicals, indies and rePUKES .
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)No one will ever trust the Supreme court again
whopis01
(3,510 posts)barbtries
(28,787 posts)but omigawd that news struck a blow to my heart.
BrightKnight
(3,567 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)babylonsister
(171,056 posts)Now, Dems, DO NOT LET THEM PICK ANOTHER SCJ!! Per Joy Reid, can't nominate a judge during an election? I hope, not that they follow rules.
Rebl2
(13,492 posts)RIP RBG 😢😢😢
trc
(823 posts)and a confirmation hearing by the end of the month and a new justice by the end of october. Joe will need to pack the court with 2 new justices once he is inaugurated.
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)God, I hope not.
trc
(823 posts)Mcconnell will already have a name of some really rightwing nut job he will tell fuckstick 45 to nominate. If he gets it done before the election he will claim that it was legit because fuckstick 45 had not yet been defeated and so still had a 2nd term due.
Hamlette
(15,411 posts)quakerboy
(13,919 posts)why do you think that joe will be inagurated?
The court gave Bush the presidency in spite of the votes. With a 6-3 majority, why do you think they would hesitate even an instant in declaring trump the winner, regardless of any voting?
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)I hope this drives home the fact that election have consequences. We all have to vote, because I guarantee that the Evangelicals will be energized to get another RW justice. And, especially in this election, a vote for anyone other than Biden is a vote for Trump.
I hate to sound melodramatic, but our country is really on the line this time.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)its quite possible that trump mayy win on election night with millions of mail-in ballots yet to be counted which can take many weeks. Throughout all those weeks trump will claiming he won along with his senators
jb5150
(1,178 posts)Oh MY Fucking God!
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)underpants
(182,769 posts)Enormous contributions.
The Thurgood Marshall of the the womens movement
A tiny women with an enormous impact.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)We must prevail. For ourselves, for our democracy, and now for Justice Ginsburg. May she rest in peace.
bluestarone
(16,906 posts)Nexus2
(1,261 posts)RIP RGB, you were a champ and you hung in there but we're all only mortal.
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(90,645 posts)progressive nobody
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Such an amazing woman.
and yes I screamed NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO thinking of McConnell and Trump.
Ghost of Tom Joad
(1,355 posts)Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)Goodbye USA!
RIP RBG and USA.
turbinetree
(24,695 posts)thing.....................this really sucks, this really sucks.................
dhol82
(9,352 posts)Delphinus
(11,830 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)callous taoboy
(4,584 posts)gademocrat7
(10,654 posts)A true legend.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)The wrong people are dying. RIP RBG
bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)I'm not sure Republicans want the Supreme Court front and center right now
BrightKnight
(3,567 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)tRump nominates someone and the Senate confirms.
Unless several GOPper senators hold firm against it they can push it through. It will probably cause major political and societal damage, but they can do it, and I definitely wouldn't put it past them.
whopis01
(3,510 posts)But it is only the Senate who has to confirm Supreme Court Justices.
Kahuna
(27,311 posts)R.I.P. Justice Ginsberg. Well done.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Truer words...
Red Mountain
(1,731 posts)She did all that she could.
No attempt to nominate a successor will be tolerated.....as per McConnell's precedent.
That choice is up to the American people.
DippyDem
(659 posts)Bayard
(22,061 posts)I kept saying she was hanging in there to piss off trump, but I guess she couldn't wait any longer.
What a great woman! A great intellect, hero, and role model. 2020, indeed sucketh.
trump does NOT get to appoint someone. McConnell set the precedent, and now he has to live with it.
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Beacool
(30,247 posts)RBG was a great woman, she will be sorely missed. May she rest in peace.
Marthe48
(16,935 posts)She is a champion, no matter what side of the transition she is on.
I feel terrible hearing this news.
R.I.P. Justice Bader. Thank you. I love you.
packman
(16,296 posts)in the nomination of the next Supreme.
Good and gentle passing - a soul missed
FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)Go to hell Trump, Barr, and the rest of your cabal, if you think we're going to let you exploit this turn of events.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)We shall overcome.
Biden will have his first Justice.
If McConnell tries to ram a Trump choice through he will fail. Simple as that. Too many on The Hill will be against it.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,149 posts)She was one of a kind. Oh what terrible news.
Desert_Leslie
(131 posts)... beautiful soul.
THANK YOU for all you have done for us all.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)volstork
(5,400 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)You did your best for us here on Earth. Please watch over us from Heaven. We still need you.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Habibi
(3,598 posts)May she rest, finally, in peace.
Also, goddammit.
salin
(48,955 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)Mickju
(1,803 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)She tried so hard to hang on. She is my hero.
No words..,
Happy Hoosier
(7,285 posts)Now were fucked!
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Upthevibe
(8,038 posts)I just took a Xanax....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Hip2bSquare
(291 posts)Such sad news...she was a warrior in every way. May she finally rest now. We must continue her fight and have faith.
Whatever happens...we won't let them win! The Notorious RBG demands it!
Warpy
(111,245 posts)Democrats need to use every procedural trick in the book to block Dumdum's nominee. They need to use dirty tricks that even McConnell didn't think of. They need to stonewall and it that doesn't work, walk out and go into hiding. I don't care what they do, as long as they stop the process cvompletely,.
RIP, Justice Ginsburg, and thank you so much for your wonderful years on the bench. You have earned both our gratitude and a long rest.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Fight fire with whatever it takes.
Rest in peace, dear soul. Thank you for your brilliant work.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)A terrible loss for her friends and family.
And the consequences for the nation are horrific.
We were already looking at decades to repair the judicial branch.
I want to cry.
rockfordfile
(8,702 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)ramapo
(4,588 posts)Itll be a war. Fuck
dameatball
(7,396 posts)Withywindle
(9,988 posts)She tried so hard to hang on. A fighter til the very end.
But she shouldn't have had to. So much depended on her.
Fuck. I'm crying. For her and for our country.
Maxheader
(4,372 posts)You did well while on this planet...real well...
Highway61
(2,568 posts)angrychair
(8,695 posts)Nazipuncher
(6 posts)I'm so tired of all of this. I'm 53 and have been politically active since my teen years. I feel hollow.
cab67
(2,992 posts)when asked a year or so ago about a vacancy in this election year, Grassley indicated he wouldn't hold hearings. We'll see.
bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)RBG, we love ya. America is being tested but you have shown us the way. RIP.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,585 posts)trump knew this was coming because he came out with a list of people he might nominate for Supreme Court just last week.
mtngirl47
(988 posts)about her and celebrating her life....but right now I can only think of me, us, our country.
We are truly fucked.
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)SergeStorms
(19,193 posts)Rest in blissful peace. I wish you could have hung on four more months.
Iggo
(47,549 posts)salin
(48,955 posts)I hate that we don't just have the space to grieve, but that a sense of dread of what the Deplorable in Chief will do.
May he choke on bile for each and every nasty comment he utters and tweets about Justice Ginsburg and her passing.
kacekwl
(7,016 posts)Hiawatha Pete
(1,797 posts)I don't know much about the process of selecting her replacement, but hopefully Democrats will somehow be able to 'hold the line' until a worthy replacement can be found and hopefully prevent the rethugs from stacking the courts even further....
From north of the border, my condolences, and in spite of your loss, best wishes & best of luck to you all going forward.
RIP, Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg
blueseas
(11,575 posts)Rest In Peace.
lonely bird
(1,685 posts)FUCK.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)And god help us all.
BusyBeingBest
(8,052 posts)RIP.
mcar
(42,302 posts)Blessings on her for holding out so long. A great American.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)I hope Mitch McConnell falls while he's dancing his jig tonight.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)A champion of human and civil rights has left us and we are the poorer for it.
Rest in light, Justice Ginsburg. Thank you.
SammyBrown
(22 posts)Rest In Peace
Initech
(100,063 posts)TygrBright
(20,758 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,412 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Your courage and service to humanity will not be soon forgotten.
We The People will see this through. No doom and gloom here, we owe her that.
We will now have an eve greater tenaciousness to fight back with everything we have against the evil Killer Clown and his minions.
Just try it Turtlehead.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,393 posts)The nominee will be confirmed and sworn in well before election day.
It doesn't matter who wins on November 3. There will be no vacancy on the Supreme Court by then.
TeamPooka
(24,221 posts)Le Roi de Pot
(744 posts)Galraedia
(5,022 posts)Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.
--Mitch McConnell, February 2016 (within an hour of Justice Scalia's death)
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)You were an inspiration to all humanity.
Now let's put aside the doom and gloom and go out and continue her work. Trump be damned.
We Shall Overcome.
Liberty Belle
(9,534 posts)Make them afraid of consequences if they do this. Make it the talk daily on every national news outlet how they refused to allow an Obama nominee in his last year, and they are hypocrites if they ram through a replacement for RBG.
Part 2 of the message is wait until after the election and let the winner choose this critical nominee.
They will probably do it anyway but at least it should be at the expense of going against millions and millions of Americans taking to the streets.
fwvinson
(488 posts)If Moscow Mitch tries to replace RBG now, he needs to be delt with violently!
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)Vote! Mobilize your friends and vote.
turbinetree
(24,695 posts)with her death................
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Heartbroken. Gutted.
Coming to the conclusion that life is indeed not fair.
This hurts.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)just seen on twitter
NEW: Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announces she will NOT vote to replace RBG on SCOTUS until after Election Day. "Fair is fair," she says.
connecticut yankee
(1,728 posts)I hope enough of your fellow Repubs feel the same.
MoonchildCA
(1,301 posts)EllieBC
(3,013 posts)May her memory be a blessing.
Mick Travis
(106 posts)As if 2020 couldn't get any worse. I loved her, and we KNOW Moscow Mitch is ready to push through some right-wing assclown ASAP. We all know how she tried to hang on until after the election.
RIP
raccoon
(31,110 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(2,668 posts)I miss her already
they better not even try to confirm anyone.....you fffffferrs
pandr32
(11,579 posts)We lost a legend. Hopefully she will be properly honored. Her loss is a devastating one--she fought so hard to survive Trump. The sick bastard is probably thrilled.
RIP RBG
Aviation Pro
(12,150 posts)Right now, Chuck Schumer is talking to Turtle McFuckstickTurtleFace and telling him, "You push through a nominee, we pack the court after President Biden and a bulletproof Senate is sworn in. Take that to the bank, motherfucker."
Rest in Peace, you giant of an American woman.
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)"Vote for me and you'll another conservative justice"
Aviation Pro
(12,150 posts)He is stuck with his moron base.
JohnnyRingo
(18,624 posts)He'll be in before the funeral.
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)to try to bring disillusioned conservatives vote for him in order to ensure a conservative justice is selected. That might be a convincing enough carrots for some conservative to swallow their disgust for Trump. Is this a valid concern?
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Now our hearts will truly be broken.
She held on so long for us....
💔
orleans
(34,049 posts)personally i feel devastated. i was talking on the phone to my daughter when i saw the breaking news. i burst into tears, sobbing. this really got me.
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Catch2.2
(629 posts)to keep Trump & Mitch pushing through another Justice?
machI
(1,285 posts)We are now in for the fight of our lives.
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)RIP
MarcA
(2,195 posts)If the hypocritical rethugs ram through another Justice, Biden and the new Congress should just
Refuse to enforce their decisions. Actually, the force of the USSC is Long Overdue for a rollback.
President and Congress can simply refuse to enforce their decisions. It will be legal and there is nothing they can do about it.
You are advocating the destruction of the Constitution. Why not just go all out for autocracy?
That is not good.
machoneman
(4,006 posts)...love you.
Gore1FL
(21,127 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,951 posts)FUCK 2020!
Not the way to start our New Year.
ancianita
(36,023 posts)EndlessWire
(6,513 posts)Condolences to everybody! She was very beloved, and deserves to lie in State.
You just knew this was going to happen. Why else rush a list of nominees? But, we are not doomed. Don't let this pull you off center. Our job and duty is to vote the Orange Monster et al out of office!
What terrible news on this first day of voting! But, we can't give up! We have lost an icon, but "Let's punish the Repubs!"
I can go 33 hours without sleep. Every blasted time I sleep and wake up, something horrendous has happened. Sh*t, this sucks...
BainsBane
(53,031 posts)from getting another appointment. Moscow Mitch will get it right through. We are well and truly fucked. Thanks to the Never Hillary assholes who insisted the Supreme Court didn't matter. Of course, it didn't matter to them due to their privilege, and god forbid they think about anyone but themselves.
pazzyanne
(6,547 posts)Rest peacefully, RBG. You were a shining light on the Supreme Court and your fighting spirit did much for our nation and it's citizens. You will be missed.
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,031 posts)3catwoman3
(23,973 posts)...other than to be screaming, No,no,no,no,no,no,no,nooooooooooooo!
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(595 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,582 posts)Dupe. See the earlier post here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142584816
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Omaha Steve
(99,582 posts)Kick
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DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)Polybius
(15,385 posts)That poor woman never got to retire, even working from the hospital. RIP.