SUPREME COURT Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87

JUPITERASC

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday

due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer
the court announced.

She was 87.

Ginsburg was appointed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton

and
in recent years served as the most senior member :smile:
of the SUPREME COURT's LIBERAL WING
consistently delivering progressive votes
on the most divisive social issues of the day
including abortion rights
same-sex marriage
voting rights
immigration
health care and affirmative action.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/18/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-dead/index.html

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waybread

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a legend in her time. Deservedly so.

Her so-called radical stance was that women deserve equal protection under the law.

Her so-called radical stance is that women are entitled as adults to make decisions about their own bodies without intervention from the state, just as men make decisions about their bodies.

(Hint: it's based on the 14th Amendment.)

Ginsburg's positions have been pretty consistent. It's the make-up of the Supreme Court that has shifted to the right.

CNN this evening is showing the documentary film RBG. Highly recommended for those who can pull away from Fox News and Joe Schmo's right-winger YouTube videos.

It was Mitch McConnell (Republican House Majority leader) who first broke the political ice on the next SCOTUS nomination process-- thus going back on his own words in 2016. He's terrified of a Democratic clean sweep in November.
 
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waybread

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You're watching too much YouTube and not enough facts. Anyone can make a "news" program on YouTube, including people who are entirely ignorant. Some of them do.

No, Democrats are not threatening CIVIL WAR.

It just boils down to whether pro-Trump Republicans can muster 51 votes in the Senate.
 

david starling

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You're watching too much YouTube and not enough facts. Anyone can make a "news" program on YouTube, including people who are entirely ignorant. Some of them do.

No, Democrats are not threatening CIVIL WAR.

It just boils down to whether pro-Trump Republicans can muster 51 votes in the Senate.

It's ALL about Roe v Wade.

However, Supreme Court Justices are charged with being non-partisan, and to make rulings based on a combination of precedence and an interpretation of the Constitution.

There's also at least some recognition of the prevailing opinion of the people of this nation.

So, there's no guarantee that a Trump nominee would violate the non-partisan nature of of the Supreme Court, and simply vote along strictly anti-abortionist lines.

The overwhelming national opinion supports abortion-on-demand throughout at least the FIRST TRIMESTER.
 
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david starling

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quote:
It just boils down to
whether pro-Trump Republicans
can muster 51 votes in the Senate.


Sen. Tom Cotton on Republicans having enough votes :smile:
to confirm a nominee to the Supreme Court.
Senate will move forward 'without delay' on Ginsburg successor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N2I3GVO_q4


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They have that right, according to the Constitution. Too bad it will literally be "over the dead body" of Justice Ginsburg.
 

JUPITERASC

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Newly elected President Biden will be a moderate. He'll calm the Democratic hotheads down.
President Biden will take a moderate approach to the controversy.
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