or trashed the Obama administration several times during arguments or in his writings. Nor did they seem that bothered when Alito rolled his eyes and mouthed"not true" during Obama's 2010 SOTU. Hell, several supreme court justices, including chief justices, ran for president from the bench. And no one seems to care about all the Koch brothers paid junkets or Thomas not recusing himself when his wife is a major lobbyist for one of the litigants with a case before the court. But let a liberal justice answer a straightforward question from a reporter, and the entire fucking village loses their minds. Such utter bullshit- to the fainting couches! But no one seemed to have a problem either with O'Connor expressing her preference for Dubya right before deciding Bush v Gore… once again, IOKIYAR
Why do you think Ginsburg chose to enter this fray? She could have very easily demurred on the questions, slapped away the bait and swam on.
Maybe, just maybe it's because someone who is now on her third president while in the Supreme Court, who kept her opinions to the issues at the bench during the reign of George W. Bush, who was pals with the vile conservative Antonin Scalia, knows when something is so fucking evil and awful that you are doing harm by being silent. Maybe, just maybe she doesn't want the Court to be filled with boobs and buffoons and Alitos and Thomases, all there to do the bidding of their Trumpish overlord. Maybe she sees her role as a guardian of democracy and doesn't want to see it undermined, that an extraordinary election calls for an extraordinary response. Or perhaps the Court is as much a political entity as any other, as Republicans are demonstrating quite clearly in not even allowing a hearing and a vote on the nomination of Merrick Garland because of some bullshit new rule they pulled out of their asses.
So Ginsburg is being open and honest as a goddamned warning to the nation: This is a dangerous path. Here there be monstrous decisions that will devour your children. Turn back while you still have the chance, America.
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Odd how nobody ever said shit when Fat Tony sat at the Fox News table at the Correspondents Dinner that one time.
or trashed the Obama administration several times during arguments or in his writings. Nor did they seem that bothered when Alito rolled his eyes and mouthed"not true" during Obama's 2010 SOTU. Hell, several supreme court justices, including chief justices, ran for president from the bench. And no one seems to care about all the Koch brothers paid junkets or Thomas not recusing himself when his wife is a major lobbyist for one of the litigants with a case before the court. But let a liberal justice answer a straightforward question from a reporter, and the entire fucking village loses their minds. Such utter bullshit- to the fainting couches! But no one seemed to have a problem either with O'Connor expressing her preference for Dubya right before deciding Bush v Gore… once again, IOKIYAR
Right, and O'Connor, champion of states' rights, had no trouble throwing them out the door to get dubya in.
Shorter RBG: "Have you not gazed upon the field where I grow my fucks, and see that it is barren?"
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