Ruth Bader Ginsburg RIP

Condolences to the family. Her death provides another example to anyone seeking any sort of heightened recognition in this life of the consequences in dealing with a certain amount of loss of one's humanity, especially at the time of one's passing. In this age of the hyper-elevated celebrity, a person's individual self often seems to get lost in their public's character perception. Typically, the higher one is elevated on an arbitrary fame and power scale, the more likely their chances will be to receive too much attention, too much praise, too much criticism, and not enough privacy in the moments following their death.

With the above said, I will wait three days until I declare any political opinion on her passing.

There was a minor earthquake in California an hour ago. I think it's safe to go back to bed now, with only the dreams of the 'BiG One' to awaken me before I must rise at 5:00 am to get ready for the Saturday long run.

Buster Crabbe wrote:

trollin' along wrote:

This thread is very rapidly moving away from the intended topic - the unfortunate death of one of our Supreme Court Justices. Regardless of politics, she earned and deserves the utmost respect from all. It is rare for a Justice to pass while in office; its only happened three times since 1953.

It is unfortunate for her fans and family, but ultimately she will be remembered for what she was - a mediocre jurist...

I hope you're kidding.

breadwinkle wrote:

Sally Vix wrote:

This could get very nasty if he insists on having a potential nominee voted on. Very nasty.

It would be a big risk on his part because it could potentially cost him the Senate majority if people like Cory Gardner and Susan Collins lose in November due to the fallout.

Politically , it may be wise to nominate someone but not start the process until after the election. This could make the election about a SC pick and nothing else. Covid goes out the window. Riots go out the window. The economy goes out the window.

They need to calculate how motivated the people are for a SC pick. The stakes are bigger for the left, though. If Bader gets replaced with a conservative , the court decidedly shifts right.

machooman wrote:

Buster Crabbe wrote:

It is unfortunate for her fans and family, but ultimately she will be remembered for what she was - a mediocre jurist who routinely subverted the Constitution (and her oath to god) to further her dreams of some socialist paradise. Whatever gender trailblazing people believe she did, it was all outweighed by the years of harm she did to this once great nation. I think most Americans will appreciate her absence and the new Trump-appointed successor when the first "right to loot" cases get to the Supreme Court.

I can assure you that you are incorrect and that your IQ is not within 30 of what RBGs was.

I can assure you the poster is correct. She ruled on how she felt, not on what the Constitution said. Prime example is the Citizen United ruling. She dissented because she didn't think it was what "democracy was supposed to be." That is not her job as a SCOTUS judge. Her job is to test the Constitutionality of a particular case, not anything else. Her "feelings" dont matter, regardless of how genuine they are. But that is the left.

Vaca wrote:

machooman wrote:

I can assure you that you are incorrect and that your IQ is not within 30 of what RBGs was.

I can assure you the poster is correct. She ruled on how she felt, not on what the Constitution said. Prime example is the Citizen United ruling. She dissented because she didn't think it was what "democracy was supposed to be." That is not her job as a SCOTUS judge. Her job is to test the Constitutionality of a particular case, not anything else. Her "feelings" dont matter, regardless of how genuine they are. But that is the left.

And, she sided with the majority (5-4) in Kelo vs New London allowing a government to use imminent domain to take property from one private party and give it to another private party. As any reasonable person knows, this went far beyond the intention of the Takings Clause. But as the left does, they rule on what they feel, not on what the Constitution says.

Hardloper wrote:

RIP

I like how you quickly got this in on your 'main' account before getting to work with all your unregistered ones.

No shame.

Islamaphobe.

Big time

Letsrun never lets me down. As sad as her death was, i agree with others that there should be term limits on scj.

In other news, Biden has already indicated that his nominee will be a black woman.

party like its 1859 wrote:

As sad as her death was, i agree with others that there should be term limits on scj.

+1

IMO the US also needs term limits on the Congress, maybe 4 years all around.

I don't celebrate anyone's death, but I do hope that this change in the SC will at least be one small step toward reversing the rampant gynocentrism that has come to dominate our culture over the past few decades.

bearer of harsh truth wrote:

I don't celebrate anyone's death, but I do hope that this change in the SC will at least be one small step toward reversing the rampant gynocentrism that has come to dominate our culture over the past few decades.

Found the incel ^

You have a dark heart and make the world worse through your presence.

Buster Crabbe wrote:

It is unfortunate for her fans and family, but ultimately she will be remembered for what she was - a mediocre jurist who routinely subverted the Constitution (and her oath to god) to further her dreams of some socialist paradise. Whatever gender trailblazing people believe she did, it was all outweighed by the years of harm she did to this once great nation. I think most Americans will appreciate her absence and the new Trump-appointed successor when the first "right to loot" cases get to the Supreme Court.

this is it wrote:

bearer of harsh truth wrote:

I don't celebrate anyone's death, but I do hope that this change in the SC will at least be one small step toward reversing the rampant gynocentrism that has come to dominate our culture over the past few decades.

Found the incel ^

As I've said on here before, LOL at people throwing around the term "incel" as if it is supposed to be a personal insult. This is straight up victim blaming and gaslighting and I don't feel even a little bit insulted by it. Our society is sick, and this has resulted in the rise of a whole class of men who do not have access to sexual resources. Instead of looking at our culture and realizing that things need to change, you blame the people who are bearing the brunt of the cultural rot.

Do you go around throwing insults at people who are unemployed as a result of the COVID economy? Basically the same idea.

machooman wrote:

Buster Crabbe wrote:

It is unfortunate for her fans and family, but ultimately she will be remembered for what she was - a mediocre jurist who routinely subverted the Constitution (and her oath to god) to further her dreams of some socialist paradise. Whatever gender trailblazing people believe she did, it was all outweighed by the years of harm she did to this once great nation. I think most Americans will appreciate her absence and the new Trump-appointed successor when the first "right to loot" cases get to the Supreme Court.

I can assure you that you are incorrect and that your IQ is not within 30 of what RBGs was.

I provided an opinion - most of it held by many - that I can support. You did not need to be insulting regarding IQs. And it doesn't go unnoticed that usually people like yourself who resort immediately to insults add nothing of substance.

Buster Crabbe wrote:

trollin' along wrote:

This thread is very rapidly moving away from the intended topic - the unfortunate death of one of our Supreme Court Justices. Regardless of politics, she earned and deserves the utmost respect from all. It is rare for a Justice to pass while in office; its only happened three times since 1953.

It is unfortunate for her fans and family, but ultimately she will be remembered for what she was - a mediocre jurist who routinely subverted the Constitution (and her oath to god) to further her dreams of some socialist paradise. Whatever gender trailblazing people believe she did, it was all outweighed by the years of harm she did to this once great nation. I think most Americans will appreciate her absence and the new Trump-appointed successor when the first "right to loot" cases get to the Supreme Court.

What's wrong with you? RBG was not a mediocre jurist. She was THE WORST JURIST OF ALL TIME. There are no other jurists in american history that had less respect for the constitution than RBG.

She also politicized the supreme court in a really dangerous way. She spoke out against Trump during the election in 2016 - an unprecedented and dangerous move.

Even her dying wish is BS politics. She said she doesn't want to be replaced until another president is in office. Trump's list of justices is a group of people who love and respect the constitution. There should be no such thing as a liberal justice or a conservative justice. RBG was a partisan hack.

bearer of harsh truth wrote:

this is it wrote:

Found the incel ^

As I've said on here before, LOL at people throwing around the term "incel" as if it is supposed to be a personal insult. This is straight up victim blaming and gaslighting and I don't feel even a little bit insulted by it. Our society is sick, and this has resulted in the rise of a whole class of men who do not have access to sexual resources. Instead of looking at our culture and realizing that things need to change, you blame the people who are bearing the brunt of the cultural rot.

Do you go around throwing insults at people who are unemployed as a result of the COVID economy? Basically the same idea.

Incel status confirmed ^

Jill Stein 2016 wrote:

One thing all non-Trump voters have to realize, Trump stands up to Military Industrial Complex. Trump does not let M.I.C. push him around as M.I.P. pushed around Reagan, H.W. Bush, W. Bush and Obama. H.R.C. won my state so who cares. Blame R.B.G. for not retiring 5 years ago. Blame D.N.C. for giving H.R.C.. the debate questions ahead of time. Blame H.R.C. for being too lazy to campaign hard enough. H.R.C. was supposedly doing debate prep while Trump was campaigning. H.R.C. was doing private parties with billionaires and 1/2 billionaires instead of campaigning. Blame H.R.C. for her own loss.

I am sure the MIC would love for trump to keep standing up to them. How much more has spend over the last 4 years? How much have their profits risen?:) The dude has been pushing for weapons sales since day 1. Not to mention the dude is incredibly easy to manipulate.

Trump has some beefs with generals in the pentagon cause they don't kiss his rear. He is fine with the corporations getting rich off our defense budget. Just ignore his words (if the past 4 years have taught us anything it is that they are probably lies anyway) and look at the actions of the past 4.

I think the term should max out at 20 years.

She was there for 27.

Clarence Thomas will reach 30 years next year.

This would be only a celebratory thread about her life if she retired 7 years ago.

But we are compelled to discuss the political ramifications of the timing of her passing.

Ginsburg appears to be one of the common "do as I say, not as I do" type liberals. At least as of late 2018, in 38 years as a judge (13 as an appellate judge and 25 on the Supreme Court), she hired one black clerk.

https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/ruth-bader-ginsburg-can-learn-from-justice-kavanaugh/

https://vdare.com/posts/as-of-2018-the-late-ruth-bader-ginsburg-had-hired-only-one-black-clerk-in-38-years-on-the-bench

So despite years of inflicting arguably un-Constitutional "affirmative action" laws, regulations and policies on America's employers and institutions, she never felt the need for such rules herself. Although you could easily accuse someone with her hiring record of being a racist (and the EEOC does so all the time), my guess is that she wasn't racist and hired who she felt were the best candidates, and didn't care much about what race they were at all.