Amy Barrett — Immediately, If Not Sooner
American Spectator,
by
Scott McKay
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
9/19/2020 5:56:37 AM
When Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday evening, she did so with a message for posterity which, for all the history that Ginsburg might have made as a woman on the Supreme Court, was pristine in its self-description of her time on the Court.
“My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” she said.
The arrogance of that was par for Ginsburg’s course. Yes, yes, Ruth Bader Ginsburg lived an interesting life, and yes, yes, she was an accomplished woman. Those things are beside the point. It is neither ghoulish nor inappropriate to look to the future of the United States Supreme Court
Reply 1 - Posted by:
NeverForget 9/19/2020 6:08:56 AM (No. 545312)
Yes!
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Her dying wish showed how little respect she had for either the rule of law or the Constitution. And remembering how she announced that she was going to live into her 90's also told me at the time how little respect she had for God. Well, I guess He got the last word, He always does.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
John C 9/19/2020 6:28:08 AM (No. 545327)
Amy is a great candidate, but may not want to move her family to the D.C. area? Read some place that current justices live away from Washington and show up occasionally, with clerks filing papers and doing research. Perhaps she could work this way?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
subman47 9/19/2020 7:05:27 AM (No. 545345)
Someone should have told RBG that "Father Time" is undefeated. And Mr. President M Barrett is the perfect nominee for SCOTUS. Start the ball rolling and drive the left out of their minds.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
udanja99 9/19/2020 7:06:46 AM (No. 545347)
Arrogance - exactly! I guess she didn’t want to be replaced until 2025. That is when a new president will be installed.
A poster below the article makes a good point - he and I both, and I’m sure many of you, have watched a relative die of cancer. The last few days they are comatose and they are not saying anything at all, much less leaving instructions for their replacements.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 9/19/2020 7:11:33 AM (No. 545349)
Her “last words” were likely written by the guy who writes for China Joe’s Teleprompter.......
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Smoolie 9/19/2020 7:17:45 AM (No. 545353)
Sounds like the interview William Casey gave on his deathbed. If it wasn't on video, I don't believe it. Plus, Justices do not get to set the terms under which the seats they leave are filled.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Ming 9/19/2020 7:22:26 AM (No. 545357)
RIP Justice Ginsberg. You were a stubborn old crow.
As for her last words, were these written down by Bobby Woodward? Another death bed confessions a la Caspar Weinberger.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/19/2020 7:25:31 AM (No. 545359)
Intelligence does not make one wise or good. Her opinion no longer matters, I don't care how many womens rights she fought for. Except for a select few, the women we see in government are not at all impressive. The same applies to the men.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
FunOne 9/19/2020 7:28:33 AM (No. 545364)
Well Ruthie, the reality of it all is this: Donald J. Trump will be the judge of that!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
jinx 9/19/2020 7:32:07 AM (No. 545372)
Maybe she was a control freak like Nasty Pelosi. She wanted to control things from the grave. No can do! Pres. Trump has the duty to put someone on the court. I hope it is sooner rather than later.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
franq 9/19/2020 7:51:50 AM (No. 545397)
Make it so, Lord. RBG - "champion of women's rights"? Pshaw.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
jjs 9/19/2020 7:57:43 AM (No. 545406)
Who needs sports when you got all this going on. Go Trump!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 9/19/2020 8:02:27 AM (No. 545415)
As someone who was born and raised in southern Brooklyn - - I'm delighted at the thought of someone name Coney being on the Supreme Court.
Ahhh - - the crowds, the rides, the roller coasters, the pin-ball games, skee-ball, the handball courts, the ocean breezes, riding the waves, the Nathan's frankfurters, the clam broth, the knishes on the beach - - sweet, sweet memories.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bpl40 9/19/2020 8:23:26 AM (No. 545445)
Under NO circumstances must the SCOTUS have less than full strength nine justices on Election Day. The very survival of the republic may depend on it. If the Senate cannot do it - recess appointment!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
msjena 9/19/2020 8:28:26 AM (No. 545449)
How about Monday. She's already been vetted, hasn't she?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
ByteGuru 9/19/2020 8:28:41 AM (No. 545450)
I hope that the judges on POTUS' short list for the SC have Secret Service protection in place or at least on the way. Every one of those judges especially Amy Comey is now a target for some leftist. This will become even more important should the nomination become a 'done deal' in the Senate. Even though the Rs have a 53-47 majority expect 2-3 defections (Romney, Murkowsky, etc) to vote with the Ds or to abstain. Pence may be the deciding vote so chances look good for a quick confirmation. When the left realize that, their only remaining course of action is murder.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
FunOne 9/19/2020 8:28:51 AM (No. 545451)
Great post, #13. Puts everything in perspective. Humor is healthy.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
chillijilli 9/19/2020 8:32:20 AM (No. 545455)
McKay is missing a critical issue! Heads up here!
FTA: "Even without Jones’ vote and a worst-case scenario among faithless GOP senators, it’s a 50-50 tie that Vice President Mike Pence...can break."
Wrong! What he's missing is that AZ Senator Martha McSally was APPOINTED (not elected) and her opponent, Mark Kelly (D)could be seated and in position by NOV 30 to vote on RBG replacements. McSally has NO chance of defeating Kelly, former astronaut husband of Gabby Giffords. If Kelly wins as he's projected to in every single poll, there will be NO 50-50 tie for Pence to break. Sorry to say, but with Kelly in place the Demos can win the vote about holding off RBG replacement.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 9/19/2020 8:47:12 AM (No. 545472)
A-Mee!! A-Mee!!
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 9/19/2020 8:48:03 AM (No. 545475)
I didn’t know we “installed” a POTUS? I thought we elected one through the Electoral College? Did I miss something, Comrades?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Miceal 9/19/2020 9:04:02 AM (No. 545490)
I'd like some of what #19 is drinking. McSally will win "election" in a walkaway. Take that to the bank...
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Edgelady 9/19/2020 9:13:34 AM (No. 545502)
The left lionized her, and RBG believed it all and wouldn’t relinquish her control when she should have. The left, they lack the capacity for wisdom.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Pammie 9/19/2020 9:29:20 AM (No. 545513)
I am tired of the radical Democrats and their entitlement mentality! No one on his/her death bed announces to withhold this or that until an event happens! BYE, BYE Felicia aka RBG!
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 9/19/2020 9:47:10 AM (No. 545526)
Yes, #5. Having watched the final days and hours of my father's and mother's passing, they weren't just laying there barking out their desires. Neither were conscious the last several days of their lives. Even if it is true that Ginsburg did say that a SCOTUS confirmation be delayed, she had to have said it some days ago. Or it isn't true and Obie made it up.
If Judge Barrett is nominated and confirmed and is willing to have a SCOTUS office in DC, more power to her. I would be very fine with her on the bench.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 9/19/2020 10:19:12 AM (No. 545557)
Amen, brother.
Amy Barrett should have been the nominee last time. She’s twice the woman Ginsburg was - and she may be a better man than Kavanaugh.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
geminale 9/19/2020 10:27:12 AM (No. 545565)
My one concern is that she does have so many children. I would not put it past the deep state to threaten the lives of children to influence a supreme court justice.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 9/19/2020 10:41:12 AM (No. 545582)
The President should nominate Amy to avoid the bimbo circus that was brought in during Kavanaugh hearings. Let's see what the rats try to do now.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Safari Man 9/19/2020 10:50:31 AM (No. 545595)
While Barrett is not elderly, I would prefer someone younger. Someone like Elise Stefanik, who is just 36 years old. She could serve 50 years on the court.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
DVC 9/19/2020 10:56:33 AM (No. 545603)
Yes, what an arrogant person to ask that the normal process be changed for her side's political benefit.
I don't know that much about Judge Barrett, but what I have heard is all good. We need a Constitutionalist, not a political hack like RBG.
At dinner last night with a libertarian friend (a reasonably sensible libertarian, though, bordering on conservative) he pointed out that when you get a real Constitutionalist on the court, you can get a few legal rulings which even the judge doesn't really like much, politically, because he/'she will follow the law/Constitution wherever it goes, not just do the political thing. Yes, that is true, and I'm on board with that.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/19/2020 11:58:05 AM (No. 545675)
That deathbed “instruction” was somewhat of a stretch. Here is NPR’s own tweet on when it actually happened. If it happened.
NPR Politics
@nprpolitics
·16h
Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: "My most fervent wish is that i I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”
_______________
She may have mentioned it to her granddaughter. Or not. But it wasn’t at the last minute. “Just days before” could be quite a while...
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Highvoltage 9/19/2020 12:23:36 PM (No. 545703)
Any Barrett indeed!
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 9/19/2020 1:26:54 PM (No. 545780)
Boy I am hoping Trump can overrule Javanka on this one. She would be a fantastic addition to the Court, given her prolife and pro-family stance.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
SALady 9/19/2020 3:38:49 PM (No. 545876)
Sorry, Ruthie, but we won't have a "new president" for 4 more years when President Trump finishes his second term in office. We really can't wait that long to replace you.
Ruthie could have retired when Ovomit as president, and she would have had a guaranteed marxist political activist to replace her. But she was so sure that the Hilldebeast would be elected, that she hung around so that she could have "the honor of swearing in the first women president". So instead of getting to spend quality time with her family, concentrate on treating her cancer, and not have the stress of the world on her shoulders, she was stuck continuing to serve on the SCOTUS while trying to battle pancreatic cancer.
This is the evil of partisan politics. I really pity her, and feel sad for her family for missing out on getting to have that quality time with her the last few years of her life!!!
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