I stand with the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

[morningfog]

Justice Ginsberg is a stalwart and a national treasure. She is an impeccable jurist with a devotion social justice and a brilliant and tenacious mind. She does not give up and she has seen her efforts and positions vindicated over time.

And she was absolutely right in her criticisms of Trump and even more in the right when she refused to back down after his pathetic little tweet. He tweets, she crafts legal arguments that have advanced the rights of women, minorities and persons of the LGBT community probably more than any other individual of the past 50 years.

She was right to raise the warning flag against trump's candidacy. She knew there would be public push back and she, as always, made the reasoned decision. At the right moment she said the right thing.

Trump has already attacked the judiciary, signaling that a trump administration could be a very real threat to our function of government, our separation of powers. We've seen despots and demoguages rise to power and begin by attacking the judges. "The first thing we do, we kill all the lawyers."

Trump crosses lines regularly. He's a megalomaniac and gets a little tiny hard on from doing so. But the lines he crosses are necessary lines. We can leave nothing to chance. Everyone in a position to make the media listen should be sounding the alarms.

Thank you Justice Ginsberg.

[villager]

1. As do I. nt

[tallahasseedem]

2. I encourage everyone to watch Chris Hayes segment...

with the author of "The Honorable RBG" on tonight's show. It was very informative and gave great insight as to why she said what she did. Essentially knowing Trump would dismantle the court...

[morningfog]

3. Exactly. I haven't seen that, but he's a real threat to the courts.

That is, quite literally, the worst thing a presidential candidate can be.

[Hekate]

22. The author gave a splendid analysis of RBG's state of mind: "Incandescent with anger...

...at the normalization of Trump's candidacy." She's been all about the rules her whole life, amd here's this buffoon smashing everything in his path.

I stand with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

[tallahasseedem]

30. +1

I thought it made complete sense and I stand with her as well.

All of the vapors over this makes me sick. What about the justices who were hanging out with donors, right wing politicians, bashing Obama, etc. Oh, that's right...it's only okay if you're a Republican.

[Uponthegears]

4. Should I mention

That the now-deceased Antonin Scalia gave literally dozens, if not hundreds, of political speeches and NO ONE SAID A THING.

Ginsburg makes a couple of quips about a psychotic charlatan and we see "Democrats" talking about recusal.

WTF?

[MohRokTah]

5. Scalia regularly chimed in on political issues and politicians and nobody said shit about it.

Let a woman Associate Justice express an opinion about the most sexist asshole nominee for president in history and white men on the right proclaim the end of the Supreme Court!

[AgadorSparticus]

6. I stand with the notorious RBG as well.

[TeddyR]

7. Absolutely not

The only people supporting her statements are a few folks who don't care that this is a black eye for the Supreme Court. Both the NY Times and Washington Post editorial boards say she made a mistake, as do numerous folks who follow the court. I haven't seen a single reputable news source defend what she said. She simply provided a talking point for Trump and fodder for those who question the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. The court should be the most apolitical entity in this country.

[morningfog]

8. She is sounding alarms they have found the courage to sound yet.

This is no black eye for the court. Ginsberg is an able and serious jurist.

No one operates under the illusion that the Court is apolitical. It is where all politics eventually converge. Everything about it is political, as it should be.

If Justice Ginsberg sees it necessary to share her opinion again, I trust she will.

[TeddyR]

9. No serious political or court analyst

Supports her actions. She made a mistake that hopefully won't be repeated.

On edit, here's the latest from the Post again saying she made a mistake and rejecting the arguments I've seen here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/07/13/the-ginsburg-counterarguments/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_mhp-card-posteverything%3Ahomepage%2Fcard

[morningfog]

10. She was in the right:

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-07-13/justice-ginsburg-was-right-to-deride-trumps-war-on-intellect

Please remember this if the race gets tight.

[LuckyLib]

15. Well said. Someone has to speak out about this idiot, since the M$M is unwilling, and too many

powerful forces in this country are giving this goon a free ride.

And your statement: "No one operates under the illusion that the Court is apolitical. It is where all politics eventually converge. Everything about it is political, as it should be." is exactly on target.

[niyad]

11. unless you criticized scalia for his dozens of political statements, please know

that your statements about RBG are pure hypocrisy

[Raster]

12. Bullshit!

I stand with Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and I appreciate her honesty and applaud her courage to speak up.

"The court should be the most apolitical entity in this country."

Yes it should, but has not been so since the Raygun administration.

"...Reputable news source..." We're you actually able to type that with a straight face?

[L. Coyote]

20. ^^^ THIS ^^^ n/t

[seabeyond]

13. Who was the justice that called Obama "liar"during the state of the union address?

[Logical]

17. And remember how terrible we thought that was? This is the same. Nt

[seabeyond]

25. Keeping it in perspective, but you are right. Suppose to be a political. Nt

[morningfog]

27. That was congressman during the SOTU.

Not analogous.

[3catwoman3]

24. Ir was a congressman who did that.

Joe Wilson.

Justice Alito was visibly shaking his head over something President Obama said, and mouthed the words, "Not true," but did not speak aloud.

[seabeyond]

26. Thanks. I couldn't remember exactly what it was. Nt

[Hekate]

34. Congressman. It was Justice Alito who shook his head in denial at Obama's words.

[Gothmog]

14. I stand with RBG

[Logical]

16. No, she should not have said it. Love her but she was wrong! Nt

[DemonGoddess]

18. K&R!

[L. Coyote]

19. And Trump responded by illustrating her point, he childishly began name calling her & insulting her

[63splitwindow]

21. Yep. K & R.

[Hekate]

23. KnR. Fear the Frill.

[mcar]

28. Me too

She is a national treasure!

[LiberalFighter]

29. The United States is her court.

And she is not going to take any disrespect from a buffoon.

[NWCorona]

31. CNN is reporting that Ginseng has said that she regrets her comments on trump

[geek tragedy]

32. And I stand with you nt

[Wayburn]

33. She was right in her opinion but wrong to say it.

Justices should not appear political or pre biased against anyone.

[Hekate]

35. IOKYAR.The RightWingers on the Court are politically active. Virginia Thomas is up to her neck in it

Who calls for their recusal or apologies? Crickets.