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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: 2) by RS3 on Saturday September 19 2020, @05:53AM
I've felt that way for a very long time and have written so here many times. I don't know what the answer is. I've thought a People's Lobby might be it, but We the People are pretty scattered politically and ideologically, so I don't see us agreeing on a People's Lobby and its issues.
So maybe Internet-based voting on all issues. We don't need to be a true democracy, but at least have an official count of who wants what, then maybe voters will do a better job of evaluating who really listens to their constituents (or not).
I have to wonder if media in general is to blame. Not because of political bias, but because, and I think we all know it, politicians pander to the cameras and microphones. They do things and show up at events that make them look good. They have PR experts and writers and prompters and who really knows who any of them are now? They get caught saying outlandish things when they think the mics are off. It's all about show.