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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.
The court, in a statement, said Ginsburg died at her home in Washington surrounded by family. She was 87.
"Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature," Chief Justice John Roberts said. "We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her, a tired and resolute champion of justice."
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.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 19 2020, @12:44AM (6 children)
What you will get is a wacko QAnon judge.
Oh well, one more job for the cleanup crew after this is all over.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 5, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 19 2020, @12:49AM (2 children)
OK then, tell us which of these is the Qanon nominee.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/additions-president-donald-j-trumps-supreme-court-list/ [whitehouse.gov]
(Score: 1, Disagree) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 19 2020, @01:07AM (1 child)
On that list?
Could be all of them, there's no telling with this guy
And these additions to his list. Kushner will probably get the job.
The republican party has become the QAnon party, for entertainment purposes only, of course. It's not hurting the ticket, so you can rest easy
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday September 20 2020, @02:24AM
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Sunday September 20 2020, @04:27AM (2 children)
A Qanon judge would be a good thing. The Supreme Court is supposed to reflect the people, ultimately, and Qanon is the new American religion, so a Qanon-following judge would be apt in this democratic form of government.
Remember, every nation eventually gets the government it deserves.
(Score: 2) by ChrisMaple on Monday September 21 2020, @03:02AM (1 child)
Nonsense
The Supreme Court is supposed to accurately judge the meaning and application of law, and perform a few other Constitutional duties. Their physical characteristics are completely irrelevant to their proper job, and choosing them by their physical characteristics or group membership is a perversion.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday September 21 2020, @09:05PM
Nonsense.
All throughout the Court's centuries-long history, decisions have been rendered which have differed greatly by the political persuasion of the Justices, as well as the times they lived in. Law isn't computer code; it isn't perfectly logical, no matter how much humans try to make it so. There's also a difference between the "letter" and the "spirit" of the law, and how to interpret that difference and rule between them has differed greatly between judges throughout the country's history.
Just as the Justices' opinions and views have changed over the decades and centuries, so have the People's, and the Justices' views are supposed to change with them (slowly, which is why a long feedback loop was inserted in the mechanism by which the Justices are selected).
Anyway, who said anything about physical characteristics? Sounds like you have some kind of axe to grind.