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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:14 am
by Transient
Dead at 87....
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/politics ... index.html
(CNN) - Supreme Court 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 of the 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.
Along the way, she developed a rock star type status and was dubbed the "Notorious R.B.G." In speaking events across the country before liberal audiences, she was greeted with standing ovations as she spoke about her view of the law, her famed exercise routine and her often fiery dissents.
I'm crushed. She was a fucking titan. :tear:
PS - We need a tombstone smiley.
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:23 am
by lars63
Just saw it on the news, so sad
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:32 am
by Transient
Drumpf is going to try and ram a conservative through the nomination process for the Senate to put in place. That'll be 2 generations of firm GOP control of the Supreme Court we can look forward to. He put out a list last week of names he'd consider for a vacant seat that included great minds such as Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz. We are so fucked.
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:48 am
by raw
This is devastating.
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:51 am
by Transient
6-3
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 1:02 am
by dekayd
She knew her time was up days before she died. I read that she dictated to her granddaughter
"My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 3:42 am
by YourGrandpa
It's pretty sad when you've lost so much faith in your country that you can't even retire to enjoy your last few years because you're trying to prevent an administration from doing what you feel is wrong.
No one in their right mind wants an unbalanced justice system. But we all know that both parties would take advantage of this situation to leverage their position.
RIP RBG.
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:12 am
by MKJ
Oh shit
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:00 am
by seremtan
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 11:59 am
by MKJ
Transient wrote:Drumpf is going to try and ram a conservative through the nomination process for the Senate to put in place. That'll be 2 generations of firm GOP control of the Supreme Court we can look forward to. He put out a list last week of names he'd consider for a vacant seat that included great minds such as Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz. We are so fucked.
The GOP is fiercly against appointing durin an election year, remember?
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:51 pm
by Eraser
seremtan wrote:https://twitter.com/DavidAtkins42/status/1307125015578636288
whoops
lol, how cute. You've learned nothing in 4 years of Trump.
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 5:41 pm
by seremtan
did you even watch it?
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 5:46 pm
by Ferrao10
Even over here we had sometimes heard about her decisions. Great Woman, Great Human.
RIP
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:46 pm
by Transient
seremtan wrote:did you even watch it?
The GOP doesn't give a flying fuck about being called hypocrites. If it suits their interests, they will go against their principles.
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 7:27 pm
by shaft
[tweet]https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1307398084822028288[/tweet]
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 7:42 pm
by Eraser
seremtan wrote:did you even watch it?
Of course I did. But come on, even you're not
that naive.
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 8:46 pm
by seremtan
are you dense? did it not occur to you i was highlighting the impending hypocrisy of the GOP?
ffs
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 7:18 am
by Eraser
Sure you did. Keep telling that to yourself and we can both be happy.
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 4:44 pm
by seremtan
jesus what a tool :olo:
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 5:08 pm
by Transient
To be fair, I misunderstood your point the first time I saw your post, too. I initially filled in your one-word comment as "whoops, now I have to follow through," rather than as "whoops, now I'm going to look like a hypocrite."
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 5:30 pm
by shaft
^
Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 6:41 pm
by Eraser
Transient wrote:To be fair, I misunderstood your point the first time I saw your post, too. I initially filled in your one-word comment as "whoops, now I have to follow through," rather than as "whoops, now I'm going to look like a hypocrite."
Don't bother. It's not entirely uncharacteristic for seremtan to backpedal by twisting his own words (or intentionally being vague so he can fill in the meaning later on).