How Ruth Bader Ginsburg interpreted the Constitution
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- In 2008 Ginsburg told Lesley Stahl, “the genius of the United States is that, over, now, the course of more than two centuries, the notion of "we the people" has become ever larger.”
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of the most respected women we have ever seen in this country, I think. It was very sad when she passed, but she left a monumental legacy. It's nice to hear her speak about such an important document.
too bad she's causing all these d*mb liberals to go crazy over the supreme court right now. she should have just retired when obama asked her to.
At least 60 minutes is brave enough to not turn the comments off.
Yes, so we can see how stupid so many keyboard warriors can be.
@@dontbeadrone That seems like a comment a drone would say
They don't mind criticism, unlike most people/parties/leaders/etc.
My dad’s a Reagan conservative but he always spoke highly of RBG
Julia Marie Kruskiego, RN
If competence were all that mattered no sane person would ever have voted for Trump.
@VIVA LA Revolution they are definitely hypocrites... but so are the dems. The dems tried to fill the seat in 2016, now they are saying the republicans cant. BOTH SIDES ARE HYPOCRITES
Julia Marie Kruskiego, RN
By _that_ definition (speaking well of someone you disagree with) Trump is beyond question the most uncivilized President in my lifetime, and I was born while Harry Truman was completing FDR’s term.
@@TheWhale45 she went to Harvard Law! 🙄
She articulated the argument so well.
Huh? What she speaks is TWO SMALL STEPS away from total ANTI-American NONSENSE!
@@CuyanaTGenbit coin is a pyramid scheme!
@@CuyanaTGenwhat you say there ? Seems to hav zero context 😂
This is why SCOTUS Justices need to have an 18 year term limit with staggered ends dates. This way two justices end their term every 4yr presidential term. If a Justice dies or steps down then the sitting president fills the vacancy for the remainder of that justices term.
This will depoliticize the SCOTUS and will end the trend of getting young justices just so they stay there for as long as possible. In the past justices would retire after a good number of years, this is no longer the case.
Absolutely respectful intelligent woman.
Lee Harvey Oswald Oh! How can you write? I though you were shot in November 24, 1963?
not to god
Mary Viola Who said she was ?
@@yessy2646 she did
Mary Viola Ok! Wether she did or not. Wether you believe in her opinion or work or not. She deserves all the respect in the world. She devoted her life to her work period.
Will y’all post the whole interview on here?
@joshua traman Make sure you take your medication before you come on here next time
To my conservative friends reading this -- just know this, our supreme court works the way it does for a reason. If there were serious issues with one side or the other, then we would know about it. Each justice's voting record is publicly available, and it's more even spread than you'd think. The cases they decide are literally there for a reason, because it was too complicated for other judges.
The SC is the final and highest appeals court. The cases they choose to review have already had verdicts rendered (unless it is under the SC's exclusive jurisdiction, which is seldom the case). The lower courts do not pass up their verdicts because cases are too complicated. Regardless, the SC usurped the power of judicial review and with that authority the court can and does legislate laws. That coupled with justices, like Ginsberg, who believe they have free reign to interpret the Constitution as what they believe it ought to mean is what "conservatives" have beef with.
@Julia Marie Kruskiego, RN If you took the time to research what she did in the timeframe you mentioned, you would see that she did accomplish quite a lot.
It's not that only "other judges" could handle the complications, but rather that the appeals process put the eyes & brains of more than a few "other judges" to work on specific issues within the cases.
RBG never let the constitution get in the way of her feelings.
Patriots fight for freedom, Nationalists only know how to obey.
@@dudere but y'all are literally advocating to limit our rights :/
She was an idiot..totally Clueless...there are educated Godless idiot's
@@justinbrah627 Bruh, you dont even know who am am and what I believe in. I believe in removing your rights, but your are a sheep so you are going to let me do it anyway.
@j bo by defn the biggest patriots are likely nationalists. Love of ones nation. Stop letting cnn redefine terms for you to scare you and pigeonhole you into ignorance.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg was in favor of equality, that equally Representative of all Americans
She really was.
"There's nothing in the Constitution that says the president stops being president in his last year." - Ginsburg. So Ginsburg and Trump agree with what is right in this instance it appears.
Free HongKong: Mitch McConnell in 2016 says otherwise!
@@SmartRobot-wc2fb
Yep. Mitch insisted in 2016 and delayed over 10 months.
There is only 45 days till the election. Smh
But yet on her death bed she says the newly elected POTUS should name her replacement, obviously hoping Joe will win. Typical lib, always trying to change the rules to suit their current situation.
@@uio890138 You're seeing your republicunts in the mirror and take everybody else for the same...she said that because she knew the face of FASCISM: Trump...
In all fairness, Obama held to that and picked Garland because it was his duty to, and Trump will do the same. The rest is up to the senate.
I love the way she says/explains this.
When i think of Justice Ginsberg, I think of four words/phrases: intellectual, poised, and competent, crackheads. I love how she stayed on the court too long which allowed a very very arch conservative to be appointed.
The founders specifically set up the amendment process so that the constitution could evolve with the time, the intention was not to bypass that process in the name of judicial activism. This judicial philosophy sounds great to the ear, but ignores the separation of powers that were specifically established so that the Supreme Court (unelected appointees) couldn't just come in and change the law however their political views saw fit. The supreme court is not a political entity, and is not meant to be influenced by popular opinion. Its job is to objectively apply the law as the legislature who wrote it intended.
Also, to say that just because no state allowed for women to vote at the time, the 14th amendment must have have not been meant to included women is simply false, and as a Supreme Court justice, surly RBG she knew that. The US constitution wasn't even first applied to state governments until 1925, and until then it was only seen to control the actions of the federal government, not the states. The 14th amendment very Cleary was meant to include all citizens, including women, and to interpret it as such is not a violation of originalism at all.
Thank you Ruth for staying on the court long enough to enable the overturning of Roe V Wade. A great legacy.
She was a damn battleship. Whether you like her or not, she would never sink. No matter how many blows.
retirement is not an option. dems sunk her life
Well she sunk
Elon wooow dude
She was a rusty garbage scow for several years. No way could a very elderly (87) frail woman fighting her fourth major malignancy (pancreatic cancer twice) have been able to make sound decisions. By the way she died surrounded by her family according to the news. So how long was she sick on hospice for be fore she died?? Who was making her decisions and writing her responses? You need to work on developing your intellectual curiosity and spend less time licking this old crook's taint.
Yes. she was unnecessary, inaccurate, ineffective, and too high maintenance. Just like a battleship in modern times. She didn’t represent the whole country, only the people who self identify as victims.
Shes an icon of justice never forget her service to America rip Ruth Bader
I remember she voted against the question of the 2nd Amendment being an individual right . Good riddance.
Brett but yet it’s still an individual right.
We as Americans are diminished by the passing of this gentle soul . Her intelligence ,
Integrity , honesty will be dearly missed . While I did not agree with some of her court opinions and some of her political beliefs . I respected her for being consistent and honest . My heart felt condolences to the family , friends , coworkers and to all my fellow Americans who lost a chance pioneer of the truth .
RGB was famous for hating the Constitution. She told a group of foreign students NOT to use our Constitution as a model . She helped make the ACLU into a leftist organization when it began as a Constitution guard.
@k b She reeks of pure evil for me. I cherish her absence,
"There's nothing in the Constitution that says the president stops being president in his last year," Ruth Ginsburg 2016. In regards to the President nominating SC Justices.
What did Trump and McConnell say
@@mfk5533 Good point. Ask yourself, if Hilary was President and Democrats were in the same position would they nominate right away too? Yes they would. It is part of the Presidency and power. I am not hating the democrats for wishing to wait, I am just pointing out that Ginsberg herself said it was correct to do. It really should not even be an argument, not now and not in 2016. If there is a vacancy it should be filled immediately by the siting President. I did not vote for trump in 2016, but I am in 2020 (proudly I might add).
@k b What?! No obligation or loyalty to the left or democrats?! He is literally THE president of an entire country full of people of all different beliefs and opinions! He literally works for us (and I mean all of us) at our pleasure! He has the exact same obligation to democrats that he does to republicans or libertarians.
Maybe now we can get a Judge that respects the constitution!
Alex Rivera: She ALWAYS did!
Well the Magna Carta had a very shaky six hundred years plus ! But inspired the US constitution! And is even more inspirational !
tl;dw shes a revisionist
thanks I got bored of the pilpul 3 minutes in
Orangy Pteco: And why not?! The constitution isn't a finished product...is a ever evolving job...simply because REALITY changes over time...
@@SmartRobot-wc2fb i dont mind the constitution evolving over time, what I dont like revisionist doing is trying to rewrite or neuter rights.
@@alocascio5825 Yeah...She's not a revisionist because she's only amplifying the interpretation on the original document...The law isn't just the letter but also its spirit...the founding fathers couldn't foresee everything, so they broaded up the spirit enough for new coming interpretations to be accommodated...
She thought of the Constitution as a living document. It was not.
Again she didn't even say anything about re interpreting the constitution, she just said that we needed to adjust for modern times.
Also no, if the Constitution wasn't supposed to be living then the founders would have made it virtually impossible to change
Rbg died 3 years ago
Good riddance to bad garbage.
RBG we love you and will never forget what you've done for us.
M D Yes! Amen 🙏
@@TheWhale45 read all about! Inform yourself
How can America claim to be a Republic when nine unelected Judges can determine if the laws of my community or state are legal or not?
State laws are still separate, do not forget that.
Federal laws are to keep the balance, hence the "checks and balances" system.
Unelected? Are you stupid?
@sb It's not just the democrats. I do not know of any judge that has objected to Judicial Review. If the court didn't claim that power, legislating from the the bench would be impossible.
@@MrSupercat48 I think your stupid tbh I don't remember that last time we had a vote on who is on the supreme court half wit
Christopher Collins it’s not a Republic, it’s a Federalists government, but excellent question
Her job is not to reinterpret the constitution. We have an amendment process that handles that. Her job is to UPHOLD the constitution and she failed to do that.
Never thought about that. Excellent observation.
I agree. People seem to think the constitution is a sacred, perfect, unalterable document of no mistakes. But even if you hold that view, you can read it as she does. Why are there amendments to a perfect document? To make it better? Or to implement it to a larger degree, ergo create a more perfect union
that really didn't explain much, but she apparently is trying to say that she viewed the Constitution as a "living document" that ebbs and flows with the times and should be interpreted dictated by the current environment....rather than the original intent.....
A conservative replacement will be refreshing !
Just b.s., the Constitution was not written to be interpreted or revised, how would freedom of speech be interpreted or revised, the supreme court does not have any power to " revise" the Constitution any more than judges have the right to interpret law to suit their own political beliefs !
It's called forerthought dipshit 😁
The interpretation of written documents is fundamental to the process and Practice of Law. Interpretation takes place whenever the meaning of a legal document must be determined.
@dragonsleeper31471 I agree the Constitution does not need to be revised just evaluated according to circumstances
@@herbertspanecki7029 dipshit to you ,democrat !
She didn't, she just made rulings according to her own wishes
Oh so like how Conservative justices struck down student loan forgiveness despite the federal government having the right to do whatever they want to their money just because of the Conservatives hyper individualist bias?
RBG, your legacy will live on in the history of this great country. Thank you for fighting for what was righteous, and for breaking barriers so that women like me can walk through them unhindered. You will be missed beyond belief, but the "Notorious RBG" will live on, inspiring new generations to fight for what is right. Thank you Justice Ginsburg, for everything.
Undermining the constitution is what she is actually saying she does. 2+2 is the same as it was 300 years ago. Her list of problems with America are largely overblown or disingenuous in her presentation.
I'm sorry I am replying to such an old comment but either way here I go. I find it funny how you say that she is disingenuous when you think that providing an absolute logical truth is comparable to moral belief systems which has obviously changed over the last 2 and a half centuries.
Again, she didn't say anything about "re interpreting the Constitution" she just said that we need to read the constitution while accounting for the modern era
@@oofoof6577, in order to interpret the constitution accounting for the modern era literally means reinterpreting the constitution. The constitution is timeless and doesn't need to be reinterpreted. It means what it says. Injecting morals into it leaves the constitution striped down to nothing. The constitution is not a list of rights, it' limits the power of our government. Now we find ourselves as a population under the jackboot of government as oppressive as Americans have ever seen. With those in power committing crimes and never being held accountable regardless of what the law says. How is that a better state of affairs for we the people?
The swamp is a full inch shallower today
Now, if we can complete the job of draining said swamp! Evil must go!!!
May her memory be for a blessing, and a revolution! What a righteous judge!
Hi Hannah, how are you doing?
@Shae Tallent 🤣🤣unjustified bitterness can be very stressful
She interpreted in whatever way best suited her political ideology, instead of interpreting it in a way faithful to its intentions
That's partly true. It isn't right to rule according to what would inevitably be an argumentative guess at the intentions. It is proper to judge according to the wording of the law(constitution)
Conservatives are much worse at only interpreting through an ideology but whatever
You don't interpret the constitution... that is not your job. It is the job of the supreme court to uphold the constitution. The federalist papers perfectly outline what each amendment meant and what they wanted.
Where are the captions? Not inclusive enough.
She speaks beautifully about how the phrase "We The People" has expanded over time to include more and more groups of people, groups that were previously discriminated against and powerless. Like Women. Like Blacks. Like American Indians. What is SAD is that RBG did not apply that liberal, big tent view to include UNBORN HUMANS.
Brilliantly Said Mrs. Ginsburg❗️💯 %
An iconoclast. A fighter for equality till the end. Hands down the greatest SC justice in US history. RIP Notorious RBG.
I wouldn't go that far. That distinction goes to Oliver Wendell Holmes. But she will be note worthy in due time.
Not simply a fighter. A very intelligent Judge.
20 million black fetuses have been aborted since RvW.
Makes a lot of sense to me. Why would anyone disagree with way of thinking?
Because the way you change the constitution is via the amendment process, not by what 5 people think.
@@frednicholson I see, you are saying it's not the role of the supreme court to broadly interpret the constitution. But it seems that is what is happening more and more. That is probably why both parties are fighting for control over the supreme court instead of adding new amendments etc.
@@tejbirsingh5661 RIght. The left wants to centralize power in the federal government because they want to assert their will over others. Then they freak out when all that power ends up with the other team. The founders understood the danger of centralization of power and created the constitution to ensure power was decentralized. However, the constitution has largely failed in that mission.
Like most democrats, she agreed with it when it aligned with her political activism and ignored it otherwise.
They want to blow up the system and get revenge, Republican is way to go
A terrible loss...as a woman, I respect her accomplishments very much. However, she should and could have retired five years ago.
She, like all of us, expected Hillary to win. We cannot blame her for that--let's commend her for holding on for as long as she could.
She should have retired 5 years ago for what? So Senate Republicans could delay yet another court vacancy until after the election? Was she also supposed to see into the future that a Democrat would not be elected president?
😂
@@s.guerrero7060 well when theres an election, theres always like a 50% chance the other party is gonna win? Why take it when Obama was president and he would have 100% appointed another liberal justice, now we have amy farah fowller whatever her name is! 🙄
Someone with that view should not be on the Supreme Court....
The constitution says what it says. Quit trying to reinterpret it to fit your narrative.
“Frankly,” said Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2009, “I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.” She was speaking to the New York Times Magazine in an article on women on the court. Readers understood that those “populations” included racial minorities.
This is my exact point I made the other day on my class
I've always seen The Constitution as striving for a more perfect union but there are some basic, fundamental absolutes that any judge, lawmaker or President should adhere to. She fought until the very end. I don't care which side of the aisle you sit on, you gotta admire her perseverance.
There is only one way to "interpret" the Constitution. “On every question of construction let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or intended against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.” Thomas Jefferson The Constitution is in essence a contract between the states, that contract once ratified brought the Federal government into existence. It is as the parties (the States) understood it to mean at the time they ratified, not what some politically connected Lawyer in a black robe says it means. How many of you would want your employer to alter or re-interpret your employment contract as something different than what it was understood to be at the time you signed?
Well I mean if your contract with your employer is 200 years old and was made with the intent of the contract being adjustable over time then yes.
Also she didn't say anything about "re interpreting" the constitution, (whatever that means) She just said that we need to read the constitution in a way that accounts for the modern era
RBG: Here is what the Constitution is and what it means! Trump: What's the Constitution?
At 1:20 she finally gets to it: This is straight out of Hegel's theory on Historicism. She was a Prog who sought to undermine the Constitution in classic Prog fashion-by unbolting it from its foundation and allowing it to float on contemporary context. It's the idea that "history" is bringing us to the place we are now. And so a contemporary interpretation is better than an originalist. Except the Founders were dealing with timeless "Natural Law" not shifting whims of historical interpretation.
Note how Frederick Douglass didn’t need to do this (yet she regards him as NOT part of “We the People!”). He felt slavery could be abolished if we just follow the timeless words of the Constitution pre-13th Amendment!
He interpreted the Constitution better than she did!
I'm impressed, you must be a constitutional scholar 😂😂😂😂
@@vladsview194 Thanks. The Constitution wasn't made for scholars.
She just has a loose interpretation of the constitution which is anything new and isn't undermining the Constitution it's just an interpretation you disagree with el oh el
So you’re saying we didn’t need the 13th amendment or the 14th??
@@chairmanoftheboard11 I suggest you take the issue up with Frederick Douglass.
Yes....so in order to form a more perfect union, there is an amendment process. And by that process many of the questionable, even despicable, things Ginsberg would argue for have fortunately NOT been supported by any amendment. Discuss with her consensual sex with minors, abortion (including late term and even post-term execution) and most would differ with Ginsberg considerably. I do not mourn her departure from the Court.
Certain truths are self evident.
Philisophical truths are pointless if you don't have a way of reasonably implementing them. She didn't say anything about re interpreting the constitution, she just said we need to adjust for modern times
Psalm 105: 27-28 They shewed his signs among them , and wonders in the land of Ham.
Lot of crazy idiots on here! RBG was brilliant, eloquent, steadfast. You don't get a stellar reputation for nothing. Can't be bought. Must be earned. The outpouring of condolences, flowers, gatherings of people in tears...is real. From we the people.
Hi Patrice, how are you doing?
Evermore inclusive.....the key words ...
How did she interpret the Constitution? Not very well
Rest in Truth's Grace ...
Queen Justice Notorious RBG ❤👑❤👑❤, Thank you, a life well lived!!
It's all okay, she is voting by mail this year.
Hahaha oh snap
You are one sick individual
@@brewster13ful You should hear the other side.
Love her
Dam it feels to be a gangster. My father was murdered and it was me and my mom against the world. I want the world to know my mother 86 is more than afraid of her loss. But you need to replace her with a great woman or political suicide.
Thank you Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for all of the important things you did for Americans, especially minorities! May you Rest In Peace in a wonderful and happy place. ❤️❤️💙💙💜💜 I hope that your most fervent wish comes true! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
if biden wins kamala will be president we all will be minorites what then?
The killing of 30 million unborn babies. May these precious minorities Rest In Peace
RIP RBG
She was a traitor who helped the government strip Americans of the rights supposedly guaranteed in the Constitution
@Dani Smith seek help.
May her memory be a Revolution. All these hateful comments are appalling. You people take after your president. RBG is the real hero here.
Let us respect the dead and the deceased loved ones. For what it is worth I enjoyed this rewind and offer prayers for the repose of her soul. Not us all are as you believe.
Btw when trumps brother died the hashtag #wrongtrump was trending on twitter. I hope you spoke against that if you had the opportunity. Respect the dead and deceased loved ones.
Baby killer
A Hero that pushed to ok pedophilia?
It's not surprising a woman would be open for changing a Constitution written by men...TUMP2024...MAGA
To be fair we can make changes to our beloved Constitution. We have a right to express ourselves and are capable to make our country better. I see nothing wrong what she is saying. What saddens me that still today we don't not educate the American people how to go about making an Amendment to the Constitution. Instead people are yelling, complaining and crying... that's not how you better our country or pass laws here. 🇺🇸 The Framers left open a way to make such changes and we have succeeded 27 times. 27 more times than any other Constitution in the world.. I think lol. We have the oldest Constitution still in use , in the entire world and the world tries to plagiarize it over and over again but never seem to wind up with one that lasts. WE THE PEOPLE. NOT CONGRESS, POLITICAL PARTIES, PRESIDENTS, ETC. WE THE PEOPLE 🇺🇸
RUTH BADER GINSBERG was such a great model for young women and an inspiration to all! I wish she was able stay around a bit longer to see how we will come out in force in November to protect equality & justice for ALL.
Yeah. Flush em ladies.
Bless her soul, and grateful for her fighting to make American a perfect union.
She fought for all of us! 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽👏🏻
Please vote by mail ( absentee) if your state allows it. Some states have early voting, and in case you must vote in person. Bring a lunch, small stool to sit on.
Such a brilliant, caring woman. RIP, Ruth. 💚☮️
A terrible, terrible loss for our nation.---------RBG was a hero , & all I can hope for is that Joe Biden will have the opportunity to choose his ASJ of SCOTUS. ---------Another woman --------who will follow in the legal footsteps of The Notorious RBG ! -----------WolfSky9
Madame Justice Ginsburg is irreplaceable!
Love RBG. Rest In Power❤️
" How Ruth Bader Ginsburg interpreted the Constitution "
YA Wright, like the Constitution was her own CREATION and she can change it whenever she like.
She called herself " JUSTICE " but finally she went UP to face the Real JUSTICE, The Holy God, the One that she Hated all her Liberal-Evil life.
I'd say that she'll be burning for a looooooooong time to come. Say...FOREVER!!!!!
What do you think the amendments were? They were added to the constitution over time. It's changed.
Keep your biased Christian views out of politics.
@@discharge666 Spoken like a true Atheist!!!
@@ronaldshank7589 you can believe whatever you want, but no religious group should receive preferential treatment by the govt. That's in the constitution.
@@ronaldshank7589 No, it's spoken like they don't think their religious freedom is more important than someone else's. Why do you hate freedom? Why are you so unamerican? Our founding fathers created this land to escape state religions and tyranny. They roll in their graves that modern right wingers are trying to force Christianity into politics, the same way they roll for modern leftists trying to destroy the 2nd amendment.
RBG should have retired when *Obama* had the *Senate.* She was too *greedy* for power, and bet on *Hillary* winning in a *change* election. Her *judgement* was just as *bad* in, as it was outside of the courtroom.
There was no need for Ginsberg to retire as she was still intellectually and physically up for the job. Also, THREE Justices (Souter, Stevens, Scalia) vacated their spots during Obama terms (2008-16) with Scalia passing away in Feb. 2016, 8 months before November election but the Republicans majority Senate refused to hold hearings for a 3rd Obama nomination. They literally stalled the process for 8 months not even knowing a Republican was going to be in the White House or not in November. Had Ginsburg retired, it wouldn't have mattered any as Republicans wouldn't have let Obama choose a 3rd Justice anyway.
@@pohanahawaii No. Reason?! Welcome to Trump's 3rd Nomination to the Supreme Court.
@@BlackPhillip666 They will certainly rush it. My point to your comment is that it didn't matter Ginsberg retired during Obama or not. Republican would have blocked anything beyond 2. And they did.
@@pohanahawaii Thank Harry Reid(D) for lowering the confirmation threshold to 51(FYI the R's have 51 votes in the Senate).
@@BlackPhillip666 we shall see.
How she needs to be replaced because we can't just put everything on hold til January
Scalia passed away in 2/2016. Republicans did put things on hold til 2017.
@Mark Sebring Can't speak for other states but our little islands in the Pacific here already have it down packed. We had our Primary recently and it was very smooth with results determined way ahead of time due to receiving 95% of ballots early and counted instead of doing so on that one day.
Riley: Yes you can! FASCISTS can wait!
@J. B. I don't know if anything will go that fast. On one hand, the Senate will want to put someone in immediately while Trump is still in office. Mr. Trump, on the other hand, might want to draw it out til after the election so he can ensure of continuing Republican support. Otherwise, he'd already outlived his usefulness and do most Republicans actually cared for him that much to give him a 2nd term if the Supreme Court is already in their favors?
@Mark Sebring No, the boogaloo boys! BLM is a basic HUMAN RIGHTS organization...
What a brilliant woman
It is usually said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. This old lady's femme fatale eyes reflect her inner hatred, ruthlessness, and ferocity, and it looks so terrifying.
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"Old and outdated", that's how she interpreted it.
ACB>RBG
Who is acb
@@speclt amy coney barrett
RIP RBG! Blessings and hugs!
Thank you, Ruth. I’m sorry we never got the ERA passed during your lifetime...
She didn't hear you. Speak a little louder!
Caribbean Girl I love you.
Unfortunately Ruthie thought it was OK for women to have abortions. On one hand I here and that she fought for equality with all human beings EXCEPT Young heart beat unborn children, they had no equal rights.... Other than that I think Ruth was awesome
@MIssHowk OK I can accept that
Babykiller
@Jack Li proof?
Respectfully, Justice Ginsberg comments do not address the issue of how a more perfect union is formed. The Constitution is not a religous document, it is written law. It is not a "living document". Her consitutional method of interpretation (actually its no method) is simply that the constitution means whatever 5 Justices of the Supreme Court claim it means. Hence, her view is simply a power maximazation strategy for the Supreme Court. Of course it is exactly that view that has turned the Supreme Court into a political institution, rather than a judicial one. This is why SCOTUS nominations have turned into the biggest political battle this country goes through. BTW, she mentions women's and minority rights as not being upheld when the constutuion was written. This is true. Those rights have been instituted by amendment of the constittuion. Equal Protection and woman's sufferage were obtained by amending the constitution, not by fiat of the Supreme Court
so Constitutional amendments dont on some level allow the living aspect of the Constitution?
No doubt about her as an intelligent woman. But pro LGBT and pro choice is something about her. Pro choice, did she forget about the tragedy of holocaust? She's not fit to be an icon of justice. Pro choice is act of injustice.
What's wrong with Pro LGBT?
LGBT as individuals with their own way of life, risks and responsibilities will be ok. But when they try to use and to control law for their purposes, that's a big problem. LGBT is fit only for private feelings, way of life, small society and interest.
Great person with great view and insight 🙏🙏
I hope that someday there will be a diverse supreme court.
Harry Reid’s nuclear option is the gift that keeps on giving.
One of the greatest woman ever lived ❤
A significant historical figure.
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She has an awful view on the Constitution and should have never been on the supreme court in the first place.
Bill Clinton put her in the Supreme Court, probably she smoked his Cigar also like Monica.
It takes two to tango. The president can nominate someone up until the day before his inauguration. That conforms with RBG's comment in 2016. But it's the Senate that decides whether to take up the nomination and render an opinion on his/her suitability for the Court. McConnell decided to make up his own rules, then he gave it a catchy name that suggested it wasn't his doing ("the Biden Rule"). Now we see that McConnell's rules as malleable when it benefits the long-term control of the Court by his party. RBG's dying public statement is directed to the Senate, in the hope that they will delay confirming a nominee until the next term.
But it's nice that the GOP is busily labeling the dead justice as a hypocrite as they transparently perform in kind.
ktpinnacle McConnell and Graham’s behavior is so so disgusting to me. They are completely backtracking on their own words.
@@kylebolton8147 The history of Court nominations has not changed. Yet the same history that they used to ignore Garland for nearly a year is now being used to defend an immediate confirmation for the 9th seat while elections have begun. The rules, laws and norms do not apply it comes to benefitting them.
They are gutless and without honor. They are raising whole new generations that think its ok to lie if you are white. This old white veteran is embarrassed to be an American.
@@bpxl53yewz29 You can find a similar quote for each one of the feckless GOP Senators that is now supporting a nomination to fill RBG's slot.
@@CaptTom11 It's winning at any cost, because the winners supposedly get to write their own history where they can eliminate their immoral and corrupt behavior.
She was on the bench way too long, should have gone to a nursing home years ago.
She used the bench like her on bed, she was slipping in it most of time in front of every body. Trump should fire her for slipping on the job.
Keep your unkind words to yourself. Karma awaits such like you!
By the way, where are your grandma or grandpa? Did you check which nursing home to visit them today?
Frankly I dont agree , the document is inclusive not exclusive , the founding fathers wrote the constitution with the idea of what USA should be , and who should be part of that USA is up to the people and leadership , like President Abraham Lincoln added the the African American to that idea , so the constitution is like the foundation of the house , what u build upon it and how u decorate is up to u
So that makes it a living document, no?
high time
Since the Constitution are rules of law, isn't the Bible a collection of rules of laws from a time period much before the Consitution but exist as they have and continue for tomorrow?
😢 Rest In Peace RGB. An Icon until the end of time.
To whatever extent she needed to for pushing her agenda...she was awful
You should elaborate
The Bill of Rights was not written by "the founders". They explicitly left it out and only after certain States said they wouldn't ratify the damn thing without it were "the founders" compelled to amend it in.
RBG did not say “the founders,” she said “the framers” - it was inspired by Thomas Jefferson and largely drafted by James Madison who initially opposed a Bill of Rights. It was adopted in 1791 to make the first 10 Amendments law.
@@FR-ty5vn Exactly, Madison vehemently opposed them.
Christopher Collins yet they were crucial for ratification.
@@FR-ty5vn But no thanks to the men who actually wrote it.
You are not supposed to interpret it in light of your slipping morals but protect it in light of a national desire by the founding fathers to protect freedom. Not sad you died, more like about time.
chermin, What a nasty comment! You must be thinking you'll live forever. Karma is an equal opportunity player. may be only your mama will be sad when you go.