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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized with Infection
2020 continues to keep things interesting.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been taken to the hospital and treated for a possible infection, according to a court spokeswoman.
“Justice Ginsburg was admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland early this morning for treatment of a possible infection,” spokeswoman Kathleen Arberg said Tuesday. “She was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. last night after experiencing fever and chills. She underwent an endoscopic procedure at Johns Hopkins this afternoon to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August. The Justice is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment.”
Ginsburg is 87 and has a long history of health issues. She is a four-time cancer survivor, had a nonsurgical gallbladder treatment in May, and missed oral arguments in January 2019 due to lung surgery.
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Trump is the SMOD, and the target is the elitist status quo . . .
This is where I am.
For the love of God, she has earned retirement. Why didn’t she leave when Obama was President. Man.
Then again, for humanity’s sake I think Biden should be left alone. I think he is being abused by family and handlers. It is sick.
I’m not so sure Murkowski and Collins would reject Amy outright, because a “Nay” vote which kills ACB’s shot at a seat would come back to haunt them in the next Republican primary. Besides, McConnell might be able to sway a Democrat or two to make up the difference, especially if those Dems are vulnerable . . .
Kavanaugh was able to win confirmation without Murkowski’s vote. So, I’d say it would be best not to worry about Murkowski.
In 2019, when Kavanaugh was confirmed, there were 51 Republicans in the Senate. Now there are 53.
Advantage Amy Coney Barrett.
I guess if we’re in the business of hijacking threads, I will make this statement on your links, Gary.
Frankly, Kevin Williamson is a prime example of a GenXer who is showing, for all the world to see, why the ’90s were years that stunted GenX’s intellectual growth. Other examples of this type are Kamala Harris, Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke, and Marco Rubio.
I’m a GenXer, so I know my cohort when I see it showing its bare-naked rear end in public.
As for the Notorious RBG and her health: How many times over the last few years have we heard stories like this? Only to see her become…very lucid again?
Winning!
The body can only take so much before you start to lose ground after every incident. RGB despises conservatism so much, she’ll never resign. It’s possible hate is the only thing that keeps her going . . .
She could be one of those people who just never want to retire. I’ve seen them at my work. We have an engineer that’s in his 80s and still loves to travel for work. I don’t know how demanding a job SCOTUS actually is. She’s probably got plenty of assistance and they only seem to work half the year.
What about Clarence Thomas? Thomas is 72 years old. We currently have a US Senate with a 53-47 Republican majority and a GOP president.
If Clarence Thomas does not retire this year and Biden wins in November, how confident can conservatives be that Clarence Thomas will live long enough to be able to retire at a time when his seat can be filled by another conservative?
Do you want him to retire now? Does Thomas risk dying the way Scalia did? Unexpectedly and during a Democrat presidency?
That is just dark, but it comports with the times, sadly.
I don’t want Clarence Thomas to retire. I want him to be Chief Justice. He is the best of them. Hell, he is the best of America.
To be fair to Biden, even if she does drop during his administration, I can’t see her replacement being much worse. (Albeit longer lived.)
If Antonin Scalia had known in 2005 the following:
[a] the Democrats would win the US Senate in 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012
[b] the Democrats would win the Presidency in 2008 and 2012
Scalia might have decided to retire in 2005-2006 instead of die while Obama was serving out his last years of his presidency.
But, upon Scalia’s death, Mitch McConnell refused to consider any nomination to replace Scalia by President Obama. That choice by McConnell was made possible by the 2014 US Senate elections, which the GOP won.
If the Democrats had held onto the US Senate in the 2014 elections, Harry Reid would have confirmed whomever Obama had chosen to replace Scalia.
So, if you are a US Supreme Court Justice, staying in off into your 70s and 80s is gambling with the balance of the court. It’s possible you can die unexpectedly and hand power to your opponents. This almost happened with Scalia.
So, if Thomas decides not to retire this year, he’d better be in excellent health.
FIFY.
This assumes there’s any way in hell Trump is going to get another SCOTUS appointment this year. We think we’ve seen riots in the streets this year? Tain’t nuthin’.
Right now there are 53 Republican US Senators (compared to 51 when Kavanaugh was confirmed).
Now is the time!
Breyer is almost 82. He should go first.
Could Amy Coney Barrett really cause a riot on the Left? I would love to see that. That would probably guarantee a Republican-Trump victory in the November elections.
I believe any candidate would cause a riot on the Left – even Merrick Garland, the person they wanted so badly a few years ago.
Breyer isn’t going to retire while Trump is in office. Neither is Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Why? Because both Breyer and Ginsberg want to be replaced by a Leftist, not a constitutional conservative.
So, both Breyer and Ginsberg are waiting and hoping for a Biden victory over Trump and a Democrat victory in the US Senate races this fall. Then, in 2021 they will retire.
But if a Biden-Democrat US Senate victory were to occur this fall, Thomas would have to wait until a future election where Republicans win the US Senate and the Presidency. How long would that be? No one knows. But it could be 4 years, 8 years or even 12 years.
So, that would mean that Thomas would have to live to be 84 years old. That’s possible. But that isn’t guaranteed.
No guarantee Breyer or Ginsberg are going to make it through the year either. I think a Thomas retirement is too clever by half. He’s the best thing we have going on the court. Never give up! Never surrender!!
So, you would recommend to Clarence Thomas to stay on the US Supreme Court and hope that either
[a] The Republicans maintain control over the US Senate in the 2020 elections and Trump beats Biden
[b] The Democrats win control over the US Senate and Biden beats Trump, but Thomas is able to stay alive long enough for a future Republican US Senate majority and Republican president to emerge, at which point Thomas can retire.
That’s fine. It’s just that Scalia died suddenly and unexpectedly. If Thomas were to die of a heart attack in 2022, while the Democrats and Biden control the levers of power, we’re screwed.
This presumes a lot of folks on the right still believe in that old time religion of “We just need one more to overturn Roe/Obergfell/ACA.” This term…was not in the old-time religion folks’ favor.
Yeah, I’ve given up on hope. We’ve been fighting a rearguard action for so long, I believe the best we can do is hold onto what we have for as long as we can. Thomas is indispensable.
I make no such presumption.
If one desires a US Supreme Court that consists of people who were nominated by Republican president and confirmed by a Republican Senate over a court consisting of people nominated and confirmed by Democrats, then one would either want Thomas to live long enough to survive a Democrat victory in November 2020 or one would want Thomas to retire within the next month, unless one is very confident that Republicans are going to win this November’s election.
If disappointments regarding recent US Supreme Court decisions have demoralized conservatives to the point where they no longer see even nominal Republican control over the courts as having any value at all, then it doesn’t matter if Thomas retires or not.
Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams all lived to their
late80s.Franklin – 84
Jefferson – 83
Adams – 90
Potentially to be replaced by something worse.
It’s been said that the Tea party was an attempt to get the governments attention by polite means.
Trump was the attempt by impolite means.
If even that didn’t work, something even more extreme might come into play.
Oh, yes. In fact, if Trump loses, what happened at the Michigan state capitol vis-a-vis guns brought into the building may be considered a preview of coming attractions. I seriously doubt this nation, or a potential President Biden, is prepared for that sort of event.
On PowerLineBlog.com there was recently a podcast about American Secession: The Looming Threat of National Breakup.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/07/is-disunion-in-our-future.php
Just as conservatives are tired of being governed by Washington DC, New York City and California, many on the Left don’t want to be governed by Wyoming, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
So, it is possible that there will be a negotiated settlement. The Right and the Left will say, “You go your way; We will go our way.”