Posted on 03/16/2014 6:47:58 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should retire from the Supreme Court after the completion of the current term in June. She turned 81 on Saturday and by all accounts she is healthy and physically and mentally able to continue. But only by resigning this summer can she ensure that a Democratic president will be able to choose a successor who shares her views and values. --SNIP--
Indeed, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who will turn 76 this summer, should also carefully consider the possibility of stepping down this year.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
“Looks like Ginsberg and Breyer better watch their backs.”
“Pelican Brief” without Darby Shaw.
Ginsburg looks like Norman Bates' dead mother.
RBG, the same RBG that wrote a paper in support of lowering the age of consent to 11 years old for sex between a minor and adult.......resign, hell she shouldn’t even be on the bench
The LA Times is simply the mouthpiece. This is coming straight from the White House. They know that they are going to lose the Senate and need to act now.
The Hydra had many heads. The Obama administration—indeed the whole progressive movement—has many mouths.
Jackson is 72; Sharpton will be 60 this year. Neither is a lawyer or has any legal expertise (tho that is not technically a requirement, in reality it is).
The idea is to get 2 justices on the court who will be there impacting national policy for a long, long time. They want them to be @ 50-55 years old. By 60, s/he’s too old for this purpose, unless it’s Eric Holder who’d probably prefer to return to the private sector making $1000/hour for consulting.
They want it done NOW before the balance of power in the Senate might swing to the GOP.
Looks like the LA Slimes is conceding the Senate to the Republicans.
However, I doubt the Republican Senate could withstand the constant pressure in the media by holding up SCT appointments for two years in the hope of a Republican President.
There’s no need to wait for a death or resignation to form a Leftist SCOTUS.
We already HAVE one.
Or did you forget the ObamaCare decision?
Why stack the court, when you have the Chicago Machine?
This is why we NEED a GOP-controlled Senate this election. One that not only replaces Democrats with new GOP Senators in the model of Ted Cruz, but also puts them into a position of power where they can force Obama to moderate his SCOTUS picks under threat of them getting voted down.
I know we’re not going to get a real Conservative on the Court until there’s another GOP President. But I want Ginsburg and Breyer to be replaced by the Democrat version of Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy.
Good luck with that. They are not going to “step down” until they are carried out feet first. :-)
The words “moderate” and “Obama” do not belong in the same sentence.
My comment should have had a Sarc label on it, but the intent of the post was to say Obama will choose a black radical to replace Ginsberg and Republicans will go along with it for fear of being called racists.
Hypocrisy Alert: The same L.A. Times that is now urging Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire because of her advanced age (81), enthusiastically supported Dianne Feinstein’s 2012 Senate re-election bid even though she’ll be 84 decrepit years old when her term expires.
I tend to think he’d appoint a radical leftist black who no one outside their little world has ever heard of. No one with a paper trail, who never said/did anything controversial. Basically a stealth candidate who, once confirmed, would be treacherous.
Once you see Chemirinsky’s name you need go no further. Nothing he has to say is of any relevance to any rational person.
Both of them are dependable communists. This is all about getting two newer, younger communists of a more diverse nature, like the wise Latina. They both vote the right way, but they aren’t diverse enough.
On the other hand, if she wants anything resembling a replacement who excels at the law, even by liberal standards, she will wait until Obama is gone.
Also, while the Dems are still in control of the Senate, 0 can appoint the most radical left winger and the Pubs can’t filibuster. Come November, if the Pubs take over the Senate, then hopefully 0s picks won’t just sail thru.
No, ol’ Strom finished his term, and he died about six months after “retiring” from the Senate. And Loveable Lindsey was hailed by the uninformed of SC to replace him. He never knew his mystery daughter would be made public.
People in CA will always have a need for their daily fix of DiFi; she should live forever to “represent” those uninformed masses.
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