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Bad, but could have been worse, I gues. I don't like the inconsistency in this. RBG and Sotomayor would have held both as unconstitutional, while Thomas would have allowed both.
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I dunno, I think Kennedy has always been the same on both issues. He probably wishes for an ideal world in which abortion and affirmative action don't exist, but also realizes that we don't live in that ideal world.
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Rangi Guy wrote:
Green Habit wrote:
Anyone have an opinion on Ginsburg blasting Trump? I don't seem to have a huge problem with it, but most of the people that I read on SCOTUS seem to.
She says that if Trump wins she's moving over here - should we be worried?
Nah, but even if you would be worried she's also 83 years old. But if Trump actually did win, as her comments demonstrate it's likely she'd rather die than let Trump replace her, of which complicates an exodus to New Zealand.
Anyone have an opinion on Ginsburg blasting Trump? I don't seem to have a huge problem with it, but most of the people that I read on SCOTUS seem to.
It's a bit unusual isn't it? It shatters that whole illusion of an impartial court.
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B wrote:
NPR explained it in a way I understood. So she's violating a non-binding code of conduct. Disappointing, but I still love me some Notorious RBG.
This code has never applied to SCOTUS. And I'd be tempted to say that it'd violate the First Amendment if someone tried to enforce it, but since it would implicate SCOTUS itself it gets complicated.
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