Posted on 06/27/2010 1:02:04 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Martin Ginsburg, the husband of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and a prominent lawyer in his own right, has died. He was 78.
The Supreme Court says in a statement that Ginsburg died at home Sunday from complications of metastatic cancer.
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RIP
IIRC when I have seen Ginsburg interviewed she mentioned that her husband Martin was often the cook for Supreme Court family get togethers.
That species is possibly extinct by now. How would you define it?
Prayeres for comfort and strength for the family in their loss. No one should have to suffer this terrible and torturous disease, and no family should have to watch their loved one go through it.
That makes sense to me also!
I wouldn’t wish loss on any family. I hope she finds comfort in her time of loss.
bttt
Condolences to Justice Ginsburg and family.
She and her husband celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary last week. I’m glad they were able to celebrate that together.
Condolences to Justice Ginsburg and her family.
The possibility of which was pointed out over and over again to the “I can’t possibly vote for McCain” crowd.
Sign.
Can you imnagine if McCain had been able to replace Souter and Stevens. He’d have been the most consequential GOP President ever. Conservatives would be singing his praises on a daily basis. Although, who knows, Reagan only went 1 for 3. We all love Reagan, but he totally failed with O’Connor and Kennedy. If he got even one of the two right Roe would be long gone as would a whole host of other decisions.
It’s really amazing. From 1975-1990 5 of the Justices in the Roe majority retired. All 5 were replaced by GOP Presidents. Only only 1 of the 5 replacements voted to reverse Roe. 4 of the 5 upheld it. Both Reagan and Bush41 ran on explicit anti-Roe and anti-abortion platforms. They got to replace 4 pro-Roe justices and only 1 of them(Scalia)ended up being anti-Roe. Probably the biggest failure of the Reagan era.
As for Ginsburg, I have to think she retires next year. I can’t imagine her wanting to chance Obama’s reelection in 2012. I’m surprised she stuck on past this year. The Senate will look much different and Obama will have much more difficulty getting another liberal confirmed. The GOP may even take control and Ginsburg retiring would probably move the Court to the right, if anything.
God bless.
Horrible - they have each gone through cancer together? I hadn’t heard that. Terrible thing.
And I thought Bush had it good.
Not with the current composition of the Senate - McCain woulda been lucky to get 2 more "Kennedys" ...
RIP.
Prayers up.
As an aside, what kind of man would marry a woman who would advocate lowering the age of consent for sexual activity to twelve years old?
You can't go much further left than Ginsburg. This won't upset the balance of the court in the short term.
Let me know if Obama appoints a 12 year old "Doogie Houser." That would have some serious long term effects.
“As an aside, what kind of man would marry a woman who would advocate lowering the age of consent for sexual activity to twelve years old?”
A religious man? 12 (13 for men) is the age specified in the Old Testament. Of course times have changed, and many people who say they believe in the Bible, really aren’t serious.
Well, God has no problem with persons of this age being considered adults for the purposes of marriage. Note well that this is for the purposes of marriage, this is not for the purposes of playing around outside the matrimonial bond, which was sternly punished no matter how old you were.
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