Age: was 87
Occupation: Supreme Court justice
Last Seen: in the Great Beyond
Awarded For: being the greatest rockstar in Supreme Court history
There's a commercial that runs here in Grand Rapids for Papa Murphy's, a take-n-bake pizza shop. In the ad, it says, "Fridays are for PJs, not DJs."
Since I'm pushing 40, that's how I feel. I wake up during the week. This past Friday, I was up at 4:30 a.m., I get to work at 6, out of work at 2 p.m., go to Costco, grab some Jet's for dinner and by 6 p.m., I'm plopped down on the couch. Normally, I watch the news, but golf was on instead. So, I was off to Dream Land.
However, at just before 8 p.m. Friday night, I was rudely awakened by the loud horns at the beginning of John Williams' iconic fourth movement of "The Mission", aka the theme to NBC News Special Reports and Meet the Press. For obvious reasons, my heart was racing for being startled. What was to come next could have given me a heart attack.
Lester Holt announced to the world that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the biggest rockstar on the Supreme Court had just passed away from pancreatic cancer at 87.
The oldest and most-liberal Supreme Court justice, The Notorious RBG was well-loved for being quite possibly the most-down-to-Earth of all the justices on the high court. Born in Brooklyn to Jewish immigrants, Joan Ruth Bader was highly intelligent and earned her law degree at Columbia in 1959. However, she had problems finding a job since the world of law was a man's world in the 1950s and 60s. She served as a law professor at Rutgers, getting paid less than her fellow male teachers. She held the same position at Columbia, her ala mater, where she wrote a case textbook on sex discrimination. In 1972, she co-founded the Women's Rights Project at ACLU, which helped allow her to participate in several discrimination cases in front of the Supreme Court.
In 1980, President Carter nominated her to sit on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Thirteen years later, President Clinton nominated Ginsburg as an associate justice to the Supreme Court. She was only the second woman in US history to have a seat in the Supreme Court, next to Sandra Day O'Connor. In her years on the bench, RBG voted on vital cases, such as gender discrimination suits, abortion rights, gay rights, immigrant rights and so on. She didn't fight for just women and liberals, she fought for everyone.
However, RBG had several bouts with cancer and died of pancreatic cancer on Friday. Many had hoped that she could at least survive until January 20, 2021. At least when he was given the news on Friday, Drumpf was in shock. RBG's passing was one of the few times in his presidency that he did show good sportsmanship, especially toward a leftie.
But now, the $1 billion question is, is that will Drumpf honor RBG's wishes to not have him replace her on the bench, or will he go ahead and choose her replacement? Sadly, chances are that the answer is yes. This is what the Republicans want: to put more of their assholes in charge for decades to come so every time a Democrat passes a law that favors the wants and needs of the American people, they get fucked. Look at Merrick Garland. When Antonin Scalia died in 2016, it was President Obama's prerogative to get Garland into the Supreme Court. Instead, the Rethugs dragged their feet and made Drumpf choose the next candidate, which was Neil Gorsuch. Sadly, Drumpf has already given us two Repuke justices and we sure as hell don't need a third from him. He's already mentioned that he wants to nominate a woman candidate to replace Ginsburg, but it will likely be a Karen.
Thankfully, Nancy Pelosi and Congress have vowed to block Drumpf's nomination, which he promises to reveal by this weekend. I hope the Democrats will plant many roadblocks since this country cannot afford more Repukes in the high Court.
Folks, this is why we need to vote Democrat this November. If Drumpf is given a second term, he will turn America into Nazi Germany. He will take the Constitution and turn it into toilet paper. Folks, my grandparents would have HATED Drumpf. My Grandmother taught special ed, my Grandfather was a mailman and my other Grandfather fought in World War Two. With the way he has treated educators, the Postal Service and the Military alike, I hope all that will get him out of office.
I know, I've blasted Biden for being too centralist. But, at least he's not a fucking Hitler wannabe like Drumpf. Yes, he's old. If he dies, Kamala Harris will be veep, and she's a trillion times better than our current veep. You know, the asshole who pretty much segregated his home state of Indiana among the LGBTQ+ community? With COVID-19 out of control and brutality among non-whites also out of control, it's time for change.
And it's change that would truly honor RBG's memory.
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