Why hasn't Ginsburgh stepped down? Shouldn't she be playing ball?

[LeftyAndProud60]

The election is next yr.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Well. That was thoroughly cryptic.

I'd try to answer the question but I don't know what it is.

[MH1]

23. OP is wondering why SC Justice Ginsburg hasn't stepped down

so that Obama has time to appoint her replacement while we have a senate majority.

[William769]

2. She prefers chess.

[Tesha]

3. Why? Obama won't nominate anyone nearly as good as RBG! (NT)

[LeftyAndProud60]

4. Um, she's old and recovering from cancer. And there is no guarantee Obama will win re-election. nt

[WhiteTara]

5. don't you have something to do?

Anything? Flossing? Brushing? Anything?

[Tesha]

16. Now address my point: Her replacement won't be as useful to our side as she is. (NT)

[Arkana]

22. Yeah, those Sotomayor and Kagan chicks turned out to be REAL duds amirite guyz?

:rolleyes:

I have the utmost confidence in the President's ability to find someone who could do justice to Ginsburg's seat, but her retirement is her prerogative.

[Tesha]

28. They're not bad, but they are *NOT* Ginsburg. (NT)

[elleng]

6. ...

:thumbsdown:

[BlueIris]

7. I think she's waiting for the other shoe to drop.

After it does, we might stand a chance of getting a nominee, even a confirmation, equal to her.

[JohnnyLib2]

8. Callous.

[MadBadger]

9. Piece of Shit thread

[muffin1]

17. +1,000,000 n/t

[quiller4]

10. Why should she step down? Her health has improved and she

is one of the sharpest justices we have. Besides, she has been able to sway Kennedy when nobody else has. Why would we want to give that up?

[Empowerer]

11. Because she was appointed for life?

[golfguru]

12. You think it is easy to give up the power & prestige of SCOTUS?

Not only you have a life time job, the pay is wonderful, the perks
are great and you are always treated as someone very important because
you are the ultimate decider on issues reaching court.

You really want her to give all this up just so Obama gets to pick a
younger person?

[Hippo_Tron]

26. The pay is meager compared to what you can make on the lecture circuit...

And being a distinguished professor at an elite law school somewhere.

[boppers]

13. She's only 77.

Considering I just went to my Grandfather's 97th birthday party, I'm happy to see her work another 20 years if she wants to.

[CreekDog]

14. Oh that's classy

I was referring to Obama's speech. :eyes:

[namahage]

15. Your concern is noted.

Again.

[frazzled]

18. At least spell her name right

It's hard to take seriously a post that:

(1) spells the subject's name wrong (it's Ginsburg)

(2) asserts that the election is "next year": it's still nearly 2 years away: November 2012; that's 22 months from now.

And finally, my answer is "no." No, Ruth Bader Ginsburg should not step down

[onenote]

19. +a really big number

[Exilednight]

20. Ummm, it's hard to take you serious. The election is next year. It's currently

2011, and the election is 2012. 2012 follows 2011, at least it did the last time I checked.

Second, I find it sad that people dismiss an argument because someone spelled a word wrong. That equates to people who dismiss arguments because the other person mispronounced a word. Just because someone misspells a word does not mean that they do not have a valid point.

She's 77 years old and has a history of cancer. There's an election next year and there is no guarantee that Obama will win. If Obama loses the next election, which is currently a 50/50 chance, and the odds are against her of being able to serve another full presidential term - well, you do the math.

If a Republican wins the presidency in 2012 and RBG can't serve until the next 2016, then a slightly right leaning court will be forever tilted.

[frazzled]

21. Nov. 2012 is 22 months away (2 months less than 2 years)

That is all.

There is plenty of time, if Justice Ginsburg wishes to resign, to find a replacement for her. The last two vacancies took about 3 or 4 months all told to fill.

[Exilednight]

24. You mean Nov. 22nd of next year? n/t

[Hippo_Tron]

25. The administration just barely finished getting the Kagan confirmation through

And in the process a lot of appointments to lower courts never got confirmed. I would imagine she will probably step down this year when we still have a Democratic President and a Democratic Senate, but putting a person on the SCOTUS takes a substantial amount of time and effort.

[rpannier]

27. No she shouldn't

She's an AJ on the United States Supreme Court
Not the Democratic Appointee on the Court
I was outraged when conservatives said then CJ Rehnquist should resign so DUMB-ya could appoint his successor and this thread is just as vile.

edited for spelling

[CreekDog]

29. i think if you want to weigh in on her

you should spell her name correctly, to have any credibility on what she should do.

[Beacool]

30. I guess it's all about politics........

The hell with humanity and common decency.

Nasty thread!!!

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