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Ginsburg acknowledges Trump will fill Supreme Court vacancy
Associated Press ^
| Nov 14, 2016 5:54 PM EST
| Mark Sherman
Posted on 11/14/2016 5:23:11 PM PST by Olog-hai
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hoped for a different outcome in last week’s election, but she made plain Monday that she accepts that Donald Trump will fill the Supreme Court’s 9-month-old vacancy.
The 83-year-old justice said the most immediate impact on the court of Trump’s election would be to fill the seat that Justice Antonin Scalia occupied until his death in February. “President Trump will fill it,” Ginsburg said in a question-and-answer session at a meeting of the Jewish Federations of North America in a Washington ballroom.
Ginsburg had criticized Trump in interviews last summer with The Associated Press and other news organizations, saying she did not want to consider the possibility that Trump could be elected. She apologized for her remarks soon thereafter. …
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antoninscalia; ginsburg; rbg; ruthbuzziginsburg; scalia; scotus; supremecourt; trump; trumpscotus; trumptransition; vacancy
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:23:11 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
She must be a real genius to be able to figure that out all by her self.
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:24:09 PM PST
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: Olog-hai
She screwed the Left.
Best thing she ever did as a judge.
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:25:06 PM PST
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Olog-hai
Nothing gets past ol’ Ruthie.
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:25:21 PM PST
by
ScottinVA
To: Olog-hai
Guess what Ruth. He’s probably going to get to fill your seat too.
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:25:26 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Olog-hai
How about Judge Roy Moore? He’d be great!!!
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:25:29 PM PST
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: Olog-hai
That will make 2! Pray for discretion with trumps picks!!!
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:25:40 PM PST
by
foundedonpurpose
(Red necks & all necks for Trump!)
To: Olog-hai
The old bat is a damn genius.
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:26:26 PM PST
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
To: Olog-hai
Wait. She PROMISED to leave if TRUMP won. He gets her seat too...
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:27:18 PM PST
by
Kozak
(ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
To: Pilgrim's Progress
Liberal and Socialist minds will implode, if Judge Roy Moore is nominated. The firestorm will be magnificent to see.
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:28:36 PM PST
by
Yulee
(Village of Albion)
To: Olog-hai
Hopefully he’ll fill yours soon too, you senile old bag woman.
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:28:54 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: Kozak
I too thought she was going to New Zealand. Another liberal liar.
To: Olog-hai
They’re all in SUPER PANIC MODE !!!!!!!
To: Olog-hai
Glad to hear that she emerged from a drunken stupor long enough to share a few thoughts.
To: Olog-hai
Uncouth Badder Dimsberg...
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:31:37 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(The morning and the evening were the election day. People voted. The Lord saw, and it was good.)
To: Olog-hai
This tells me she plans to die behind that bench. She won’t want to live seeing a replacement.
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:31:39 PM PST
by
Organic Panic
(Gentrification in America. Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
To: Olog-hai
I hope Trump can fill her seat as well.
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:31:50 PM PST
by
GingisK
To: eyedigress
The old bat is a damn genius. And she was great on "Laugh In" :0)
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:32:34 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(1 Tim 2:1-3)
To: Olog-hai
I’m not sure if I’m going to enjoy her retirement more, or Kennedy’s. His “’diversity’ trumps the Fourteenth Amendment” decision was particularly insidious.
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posted on
11/14/2016 5:32:38 PM PST
by
rightwingcrazy
("We will not tolerate those who are intolerant of the intolerant.")
To: Olog-hai
A blessing that this old bat stayed on the court past the Obama years....she will be 84 next spring.
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