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Post by Thomas fka Lance on Sept 18, 2020 19:27:55 GMT -5
Passed away today. She was 87.
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Post by christina on Sept 18, 2020 19:35:55 GMT -5
RIP
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Post by nylawyer on Sept 18, 2020 19:41:03 GMT -5
The politics of this are going to be ugly, but hopefully mostly delayed for a day or two.
Alav ha shalom.
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Post by hopefalj on Sept 18, 2020 20:40:09 GMT -5
Brilliant. Hard working. Funny. An incredible life of public service and advancing equality for women. She will be missed.
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Post by kylearan on Sept 18, 2020 21:00:28 GMT -5
May she have found mercy and rest in God’s boundless love.
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Post by ssaogc on Sept 18, 2020 21:25:03 GMT -5
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Post by smokingalj on Sept 18, 2020 22:30:07 GMT -5
May she have found mercy and rest in God’s boundless love. Right |
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Post by lurkerbelow on Sept 19, 2020 11:10:07 GMT -5
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Post by kylearan on Sept 19, 2020 12:03:28 GMT -5
The politics of this are going to be ugly, but hopefully mostly delayed for a day or two. Alav ha shalom. Ugly isn’t the word for it - the politics of this are going to make that Kavanaugh freak show look like a minor disagreement. |
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Post by icemaster on Sept 19, 2020 15:38:11 GMT -5
In my lifetime, there have only been 2 justices that I would say transcended the bench to the level of being cultural icons. Thurgood Marshall was one and Ruth bader Ginsburg was the other. But even Justice Marshall didn't get his own hip hop nickname.
And she was the living embodiment of a fighter. 85 years old, small framed individual who still continually worked out, and multiple cancer survivor.
Justice Marshall will be forever attached to Brown v. Board of Education. And I can remember the days before social media the large groundswell of people who made it very clear that his position better be filled by another African American.
Judge Ginsburg is that a whole nother level. I have been seeing an outpouring of love for her in the African American community, the LGBTQ community, women, and a plethora of people who she thought for.
However, whoever is nominated to replace her better be someone of the same caliber, stature, and I emphasize, gender as the Notorious RBG.
Just my 2 cents
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Post by slainte on Sept 19, 2020 20:17:08 GMT -5
In my lifetime, there have only been 2 justices that I would say transcended the bench to the level of being cultural icons. Thurgood Marshall was one and Ruth bader Ginsburg was the other. But even Justice Marshall didn't get his own hip hop nickname. And she was the living embodiment of a fighter. 85 years old, small framed individual who still continually worked out, and multiple cancer survivor. Justice Marshall will be forever attached to Brown v. Board of Education. And I can remember the days before social media the large groundswell of people who made it very clear that his position better be filled by another African American. Judge Ginsburg is that a whole nother level. I have been seeing an outpouring of love for her in the African American community, the LGBTQ community, women, and a plethora of people who she thought for. However, whoever is nominated to replace her better be someone of the same caliber, stature, and I emphasize, gender as the Notorious RBG. Just my 2 cents THIS! Rest In Peace Notorious RBG and thank you  |
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Post by Ace Midnight on Sept 19, 2020 22:08:21 GMT -5
RIP to a legendary jurist.
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Post by Pixie on Sept 20, 2020 16:18:49 GMT -5
When she was in her second year at Harvard, her husband was diagnosed with cancer, and received treatment which made him too ill to attend classes for a considerable chunk of time. RBG took not only her classes, but attended his third year classes, took notes, and schooled him at night, in addition to completing her own assignments.
Once she and J. Scalia were guests on a talk show. He made the comment that, "Ruth and I actually agree on a lot of things; it's only on the knee jerk issues that she becomes so silly." She probably gave him hell in the ensuing weeks for that comment.
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Post by kylearan on Sept 20, 2020 18:08:18 GMT -5
He’s right though.
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Post by fowlfinder on Sept 20, 2020 19:50:27 GMT -5
After all the close calls, I truly couldn't believe it when I heard she had passed.
One of the great highlights of my law school career was getting to meet her at a forum at my school. I was a truly impressed with her poise and the deep relationship she fostered with Justice Scalia. There are many things that our nation can learn from how Justices Ginsburg and Scalia could have deep philosophical and policy disagreements but never loose sight of the other as a human being whom they could value deeply.
She truly is one of a kind, and no one who is appointed (by either President) can fill her shoes.
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Post by moopigsdad on Sept 24, 2020 13:52:29 GMT -5
RBG was an ICON. She is definitely one of the most influential jurists both on and off the Supreme Court in years. RBG did more for women's rights, individual rights, LGBTQ rights than any other jurist in history. She was truly a great Supreme Court Justice, attorney, wife, mother and role-model for all to emulate or have their children emulate in the future. RBG will be greatly missed on the Supreme Court, in the United States and in the world. She is totally irreplaceable in today's society. For a woman of such small stature in actual body type, she cast the largest shadow of greatness I have ever seen on the Supreme Court. I will miss her wit, wisdom and demeanor most of all. As RBG has had to so frequently state from her seat on the bench "I dissent", especially with the rush to fill her seat prior to it even becoming cold. May RBG rest in peace.
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