The Path Forward for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
American Greatness,
by
George S. Bardmesser
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
4/14/2019 4:30:26 PM
I am a lowly lawyer who has never argued before the Supreme Court, and never will. I am not a constitutional scholar, Justice Ginsburg has never heard of me, and I know that in the grand scheme of things, my opinion matters to her very little (and almost certainly not at all). Nevertheless, I hope Justice Ginsburg will forgive my presumptuousness, and will entertain this immodest, yet (I believe) very respectful, sincere, timely, and practical proposal. There is no sense ignoring the herd of elephants stomping around the room, so I’ll just say it: Justice Ginsburg is dying. This is
Reply 1 - Posted by:
RobertJ984 4/14/2019 4:41:05 PM (No. 33868)
No
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Ruhn 4/14/2019 4:52:01 PM (No. 33872)
No. Sitting justices (assuming she’s not a corpse already) don’t get to haggle over their successors. Period.
To RBG: quoting Blue Oyster Cult, ‘Don’t fear the reaper’...with lots of cowbell.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
jjs 4/14/2019 4:58:08 PM (No. 33866)
No, Hell No!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/14/2019 4:59:37 PM (No. 33897)
Trump is POTUS and makes SOTUS appointments. He has a list he has been working from. Trump is going to outlast Ginsburg, that is certain.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 4/14/2019 5:10:49 PM (No. 33882)
I disagree with the author. RBG has no leverage she can use to negotiate a successor with POTUS. Trump has had it up to HERE with liberal judges placing temporary obstacles in his way. He intends to load SCOTUS with as conservative a court as there ever has been. I think he´ll soon get RBG´s replacement, then Sotomayor´s.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bpl40 4/14/2019 5:12:37 PM (No. 33906)
In Nov 2016 Americans went to the polls to cast 136 million votes. Of these, 70,000 in the right places fell in the right column. Tell me it is not divine will. The same God will take care of this ´problem´. Ruthie need not bother herself. She has secondary cancer in two spots on her lungs. Failure to report this is proof of its existence. She is not seeing 1/1/2020. Amy Barrett better be ready to put on her helmet.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 4/14/2019 5:21:34 PM (No. 33904)
It is really sad for the country that a supreme court justice would want Hillary Clinton to be president.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Moritz55 4/14/2019 5:47:29 PM (No. 33886)
Here’s an idea: replace RBG with Amy Coney Barrett, and then nominate one of the others for the next opening on the Supreme Court.
Or hey, since the Dems are for expanding the Supreme Court, why not nominate all three and a bunch more of conservatives? The exploding heads would create a show to outdo any Fourth of July fireworks ever seen or imagined.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Omen55 4/14/2019 5:54:19 PM (No. 33895)
And whether RBG is still with us down here, or with the Big Guy up there in the sky, she will know that it is all her fault.
Mr Bardmesser betrays his ignorance of this.
The Big Guy doesn´t let in anyone who votes to kill the unborn,much less the baby who survives. When RBG closes her eyes for the last time being replaced by Amy Coney Barrett will be the LEAST of her worries.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 4/14/2019 6:05:12 PM (No. 33884)
Not a chance. We want the MOST conservative, originalist, confident justice we can get.
RBG is toast soon enough.
All we are talking about here is a scheduling issue.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
KanCreeper 4/14/2019 6:08:06 PM (No. 33905)
As RBG greases her slide into Perdition, we can only hope that HRC will be sliding with her... Naturally, or via another of her famous Arkancides.
At this stage of the game, they both should be feeling the heat.
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Ya know, RBG has turned into a really long weekend at Bernie´s.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 4/14/2019 6:15:55 PM (No. 33902)
Nope, no deal. Trump is going to get reelected and RBG will NOT make it past his second term, or Breyer won´t. The SCOTUS now has a somewhat reasonable Conservative majority with Loser Roberts an uncertain vote at times. Trump can wait.
Plus, if enough Conservatives get appointed to the appellate division courts, they will make an enormous difference in shoring up conservative law.
Besides, if Trump cut a deal with RBG, the dems would probably impeach him for it.
I do LOVE the following: "Liberals lost their collective mind and remind us daily that they are still busy searching for it. It will be a long, drawn out, and probably fruitless search."
And if it IS fruitless, they are going to continue losing and the party will crumble. No tears will be shed by me. They evoked this mess and the Country has been paying the price. The final bill is owed by the dem party and they cannot afford it.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
jalo1951 4/14/2019 6:22:53 PM (No. 33891)
Nope. We can wait until shiva is over and the stones have been placed on her marker. I do not wish for her death but I won´t feel sadness when it finally happens. I guess shame on me but I can´t stand the old troll. She reminds me of my deceased mother-in-law.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
snakeoil 4/14/2019 6:28:02 PM (No. 33875)
Strom Thurmond held out for a while. Each morning Karis comes in and injects RBG with tana leaves and she´s good for another 24 hours of hate filled rants. Even if she goes to her reward the dims have a gaggle of RBG doubles ready to fill in. She could even be immortalized like Comrades Lenin and Stalin. We need to concentrate on winning elections and not ghoulish fantasies.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
red1066 4/14/2019 6:45:58 PM (No. 33907)
When Ginsburg goes, and it´s time for Trump to nominate another judge, Trump better make sure it´s REAL conservative this time. Trump better make sure the next nominee is Scalia like, because with Cavanugh being buddy buddies with turncoat Roberts, the Supreme Court could turn liberal with Republicans help.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
lakerman1 4/14/2019 6:53:49 PM (No. 33888)
Is anyone certain that RBG is still alive?
I remind you that when the famous economist, Sir Jeremy Bentham of the University of London died, he had himself stuffed, kept at the University, and was brought out for faculty meetings.
(Should you doubt the truth of this, google him.)
Under Sir Jeremy´s approach, RBG could remain on the court until the 22nd century.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
MickTurn 4/14/2019 7:05:58 PM (No. 33903)
I’ll just say it: Justice Ginsburg is dying but not fast enough! She has infested the SCOTUS for long enough, time to go!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Noj15 4/14/2019 7:45:22 PM (No. 33867)
George should´ve knocked on RBG´s door for a first person interview.
Til then, imo, I think she´s already dead.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/14/2019 7:51:28 PM (No. 33881)
Banana peel...
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
John Farson 4/14/2019 10:55:47 PM (No. 33883)
For anyone to say RBG will be with God in heaven does not understand the teachings of the New Testament. One who is an unrepentant sinner will spend eternity camped out at the lake of fire or swimming around in it.
Baby killers lineup on the left.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Submariner 4/14/2019 11:06:44 PM (No. 33901)
A very clever way of identifying the pseudo conservative judges like Roberts,
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 4/14/2019 11:32:02 PM (No. 33879)
Was it Clarence Darrow who said, “I don’t wish death on any man but i haveI read certain obituaries with great pleasure “.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
MeiDei 4/14/2019 11:49:16 PM (No. 33873)
I thought Mark Twain, #23, was the one quoted but my effort to check it out found you were right - see this:
"Here´s a fuller version of the quote, which appears in Darrow´s 1932 work The Story of My Life:
All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 4/15/2019 2:33:52 AM (No. 33893)
What a bunch of piffle.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
PChristopher 4/15/2019 2:52:45 AM (No. 33898)
And whether RBG is still with us down here, or with the Big Guy up there in the sky
I think you mean the Other Guy down there in You Know Where
Justice Ginsburg should make a deal with Trump about her successor. Now. While she still can.
This George Bardmesser doesn´t seem to understand the concept of leverage. What does she think she´s going to get Trump to do...wait until she dies? Everyone´s doing that now, anyway.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Roark 4/15/2019 3:13:56 AM (No. 33871)
Come on, People! Lighten up! Here is a lawyer with a sense of humor. And he´s conservative. And he´s in D. C. This piece is pure fantasy - and it´s hilarious! I hope he writes more.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Trigger2 4/15/2019 6:10:52 AM (No. 33896)
I think RBG is already dead and is being atomically propped up by computers courtesy of Google. She should be required to have a medical exam.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Rinktum 4/15/2019 7:57:52 AM (No. 33870)
Why in the world would the President want to negotiate with anyone? He has an opportunity to change the Court for generations and steer it away from the liberal bent that has given us some terrible rulings. Whether this article is a joke or not. It is not a very good one. The President is too smart to cave when he is in the catbird seat. Be patient. He’s got this.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
ByteGuru 4/15/2019 8:52:04 AM (No. 33869)
I hope ACB has something akin to full Secret Service protection in place. And considering the state of the DOJ and the FBI, that security should probably be a private, not involved with the Government, for-profit firm. Their engagement contract should have a clause stating that they get a yuge bonus upon ACB´s confirmation to the SC.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
bubby 4/15/2019 9:04:14 AM (No. 33880)
George I now understand why you’re a “lowly lawyer” and it’s apparent your opinion matters not at all not only to Ginsburg but posters here. It’s a stupid idea period. Negotiate with who? Chuck Schumer? Senator Blumenthal? They actually believe they’re going to win the Presidency in 2020 and then Ginsburg will retire even if she has to be kept on life support until then. Their polls show everyone in the country hates President Trump! “No, No, Hell No, Not a Chance”!
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The author assumes that Ginsburg is still mentally capable and physically able to negotiate in person. What an optimist.
Trump knows that in any negotiation there is one party that needs the deal worse than the other. He has no incentive to deal. Unlike the author, Trump knows he will get four more years and she will never last that long.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Pepper Tree 4/15/2019 10:07:41 AM (No. 33887)
Bill Clinton nominated the creepy creature who had been the ACLU‘s legal troublemaker. That means of course it was Hillary who picked her out of the herd of nasty, emotional females to be an SC Justice.
As for RBG herself, her days as a nation wrecker are at about the same phase as Hillary’s political career.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
gone2pot 4/15/2019 10:14:23 AM (No. 33899)
2, I´ve got a fever. And the cure is more cowbell.
And this lawyer thinking another John Roberts is somehow a good idea and all Trump has to do is make a deal with Ruth? Wow. It really is a tragedy when a bus full of lawyers with one empty seat drives over a cliff. But, in the grand scheme of things, my opinion will matter very little (and most certainly not at all) to George S. Bardmesser.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
little guy 4/15/2019 10:59:50 AM (No. 33865)
The writer is correct about two things: 1) RGB is dying and 2) she doesn´t care what he thinks --- and oddly enough, no one else cares either. We didn´t need him to point out the obvious. After that, his article is utterly pointless and not worth reading.
I hope RBG lives as long as the Lord wants her to and I would never play God by asking for someone to die before their time. I may hope ... but I won´t ask!
She´ll be history in due time and no need for the Right to cut any kind of a "deal" on her replacement. The Donald knows what we want and he´ll nominate that person and the chips will fall where they may.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
NotaBene 4/15/2019 11:14:13 AM (No. 33889)
Ruth does not look like she has six more years in her. I would like to thank Mitch McConnell for preserving the Scalia seat. They say Justice Thomas will not repeat the Ginsburg mistake and retire at the end of this year just to make sure Trump is an incredible success. Donald promised a lasting difference in the Judiciary and he delivered despite all the anti-Trumper Conservative Constitutionalist opposition of the National Review.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Arby 4/15/2019 11:55:57 AM (No. 33878)
She should go now and enjoy a few days, months or years in the sunshine somewhere.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Daisy Mae 4/15/2019 2:08:52 PM (No. 33885)
No, just wait until she reaches Room Temperature. Then Amy Coney Barrett is in like a flash.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 4/15/2019 2:55:48 PM (No. 33890)
FTA: "She knew right there and then, from the glum, shocked disbelief on Maddow’s androgynous face, what it all meant for the court—and for her."
ROFL
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
clipped wings 4/15/2019 3:48:39 PM (No. 33877)
The sheer arrogance of the wizened hag is breathtaking.
She obviously thinks (if she still can) that she, and her opinions, are important enough to make an exception to The Constitution because of her.
Cheek, gall, chutzpah, plus a myriad of other synonyms apply.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
PHD 4/15/2019 5:04:02 PM (No. 33876)
This is why there have been all these RBG movies and TV specials. The left is trying desperately to create an “RBG seat”. PDJT should forge ahead and enjoy the spoils of his election. Let them howl.
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Reading the article and the comments here, reminded me of a recent appropriate song, "Ain´t No Rest for the Wicked" by Cage The Elephant.
The narrator encounters three people living lives deep in different kinds of sin and asks them why they do the evil they do. And part of their response is always:
Oh no, I can´t slow down,
I can´t hold back,
Though you know I wish I could.
Oh, no, there ain´t no rest for the wicked
Until we close our eyes for good.
Reminds me of RBG.
Evil as she is, RBG could still repent of her wicked deeds and be saved. It is Holy Week, after all.
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