RIP Ruth Bader Ginsburg

GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 11,124
edited September 2020 in A Moving Train
This is terrible for so many reasons. She fought the good fight. 
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    RIP ...she fought hard.


    Give Peas A Chance…
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,821
    This is terrible news for ALL Americans 
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,293
    Oh fuck. 
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,875
    This is so bad 
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,482
    No matter what side you’re on, you can’t deny her impact for women in this country and that this is a loss for the country.
  • Yep it’s the worst thing for this country terrible news,RIP 
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  • Will Moscow Mitch ram another one through 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,293
    Will Moscow Mitch ram another one through 

    Can he?  Is there any stopping this?  Is there any hope left?
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  • Oh crap.
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 11,124
    mace1229 said:
    No matter what side you’re on, you can’t deny her impact for women in this country and that this is a loss for the country.
    And for men too. In the early 1970s my dad’s cousin’s wife died in childbirth. She was a teacher and he was an artist. So she had a pension. At the time a widow could collect their husband’s pension but not the other way around. My dad’s cousin (my second cousin?) wanted to be a stay at home dad to the baby and Ruth Bader Ginsburg took his case to the Supreme Court and won and changed the law. Many years later when that baby (my third cousin?) got married RBG was already on the Supreme Court but kept in touch with the family all those years and officiated his wedding. 
  • brianlux said:
    Will Moscow Mitch ram another one through 

    Can he?  Is there any stopping this?  Is there any hope left?
    I put nothing past Moscow Mitch! 
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  • bootlegbootleg Posts: 705
    Fuuuuck.  Guarantee Mitch will fast track another one through because they are all hypocrites to the worst degree, and there are basically no rules any more.  This really sucks.  RIP RBG
  • dignindignin Posts: 9,337
    Fuck you 2020
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,350
    GlowGirl said:
    mace1229 said:
    No matter what side you’re on, you can’t deny her impact for women in this country and that this is a loss for the country.
    And for men too. In the early 1970s my dad’s cousin’s wife died in childbirth. She was a teacher and he was an artist. So she had a pension. At the time a widow could collect their husband’s pension but not the other way around. My dad’s cousin (my second cousin?) wanted to be a stay at home dad to the baby and Ruth Bader Ginsburg took his case to the Supreme Court and won and changed the law. Many years later when that baby (my third cousin?) got married RBG was already on the Supreme Court but kept in touch with the family all those years and officiated his wedding. 
    that's awesome
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,350
    anyone think that trump will (be forced to) nominate (by his much smarter team) someone in the middle or slightly left to try to snag up some of the undecided vote?
    "Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk"
    -EV  8/14/93




  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    RIP
  • jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • anyone think that trump will (be forced to) nominate (by his much smarter team) someone in the middle or slightly left to try to snag up some of the undecided vote?
    No way they are going after Roe vs Wade! 
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  • dignin said:
    Fuck you 2020
    This  ^
  • Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 6,749
    He will wait until the election to entice moderates and independents to vote for him but by the end of Nov will nominate a new judge if he loses to Biden.
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,738
    anyone think that trump will (be forced to) nominate (by his much smarter team) someone in the middle or slightly left to try to snag up some of the undecided vote?
    Nope.

    There is no compromise there.  Itll be a holy roller huge government red meat guy.

    Also remember the court could very likely decide the contested election.

    They are going to snuff out the other side (a majority of the country is on the other side)
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,350
    anyone think that trump will (be forced to) nominate (by his much smarter team) someone in the middle or slightly left to try to snag up some of the undecided vote?
    No way they are going after Roe vs Wade! 
    trump is all about himself. he doesn't give two shits about his legacy or a conservative agenda. all he wants is power. and nominating a judge that goes down the middle might help him get some much needed undecided votes. or even conservative votes that vowed not to vote for him this time. 
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  • static111static111 Posts: 4,889
    Will Moscow Mitch ram another one through 
    Yes he has no shame
    Scio me nihil scire

    There are no kings inside the gates of eden
  • anyone think that trump will (be forced to) nominate (by his much smarter team) someone in the middle or slightly left to try to snag up some of the undecided vote?
    No way they are going after Roe vs Wade! 
    trump is all about himself. he doesn't give two shits about his legacy or a conservative agenda. all he wants is power. and nominating a judge that goes down the middle might help him get some much needed undecided votes. or even conservative votes that vowed not to vote for him this time. 
    Moscow Mitch will have it his way I’d bet Mitch is on the phone right now with Covidiot 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,350
    anyone think that trump will (be forced to) nominate (by his much smarter team) someone in the middle or slightly left to try to snag up some of the undecided vote?
    No way they are going after Roe vs Wade! 
    trump is all about himself. he doesn't give two shits about his legacy or a conservative agenda. all he wants is power. and nominating a judge that goes down the middle might help him get some much needed undecided votes. or even conservative votes that vowed not to vote for him this time. 
    Moscow Mitch will have it his way I’d bet Mitch is on the phone right now with Covidiot 
    you could very well be right. But the republicans would be giving the democrats a pretty big fucking gift by trying to nominate a new SCJ with 50 days left to the election. all you have to do is play the tape on a loop of mitch saying no nomination should happen in an election year. 
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  • OnWis97OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,194
    Will Moscow Mitch ram another one through 
    There will be a 25 year old white supremacist in by the new year.  
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  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 11,124
    anyone think that trump will (be forced to) nominate (by his much smarter team) someone in the middle or slightly left to try to snag up some of the undecided vote?
    No way they are going after Roe vs Wade! 
    trump is all about himself. he doesn't give two shits about his legacy or a conservative agenda. all he wants is power. and nominating a judge that goes down the middle might help him get some much needed undecided votes. or even conservative votes that vowed not to vote for him this time. 
    Moscow Mitch will have it his way I’d bet Mitch is on the phone right now with Covidiot 
    you could very well be right. But the republicans would be giving the democrats a pretty big fucking gift by trying to nominate a new SCJ with 50 days left to the election. all you have to do is play the tape on a loop of mitch saying no nomination should happen in an election year. 
    They are talking about this on CNN right now. I read that a few Repub senators said they will abstain from voting on a new justice. Mitt Romney was one of them. 
  • bootlegbootleg Posts: 705
    My only thread of hope right now.....  Repub senators in vulnerable seats this year may want nothing to do with a Supreme Court nom before the election.  However, if Biden wins they would likely try to push one through before inauguration.  If they do that I think dems need to play extreme hardball and then just simply add seats to the Supreme Court.  Would they have the balls?  Maybe not, and it won’t be good for the country either way.  It’ll be endless battles
  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 13,564
    GlowGirl said:
    anyone think that trump will (be forced to) nominate (by his much smarter team) someone in the middle or slightly left to try to snag up some of the undecided vote?
    No way they are going after Roe vs Wade! 
    trump is all about himself. he doesn't give two shits about his legacy or a conservative agenda. all he wants is power. and nominating a judge that goes down the middle might help him get some much needed undecided votes. or even conservative votes that vowed not to vote for him this time. 
    Moscow Mitch will have it his way I’d bet Mitch is on the phone right now with Covidiot 
    you could very well be right. But the republicans would be giving the democrats a pretty big fucking gift by trying to nominate a new SCJ with 50 days left to the election. all you have to do is play the tape on a loop of mitch saying no nomination should happen in an election year. 
    They are talking about this on CNN right now. I read that a few Repub senators said they will abstain from voting on a new justice. Mitt Romney was one of them. 
    Collins, Romney, Murkowski all will vote no if it comes up before the election. Maybe a couple of others. Once the election is done however they have 2 months still to be able to vote a new justice in. They will do it then and worry about the ramifications down the road.  
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