first off, she was, in fact, quite racist. if you don’t believe me, go look up what she had to say about kaepernick kneeling during the anthem.
second, she was more interested in retaining personal power than in doing the right thing.
people romanticize her, and the hero worship is gross.
“how dare you hold it against a WOMAN for wanting to sit in a seat of power as long as she can! girlbossing is not a crime!”
rbg opted not to strategically abdicate her power for the good of ALL people with uteruses, choosing to sit on the bench until she keeled over instead of enjoying retirement.
exactly! she had already had at least one cancer scare by the time Obama's second term started, she KNEW her time on this earth was limited and chose to stay in power so she could be the first to be replaced by America's first woman president. fucking gag
Well-off liberal women can be some of the biggest marks in the world. Show them a smug woman in a pantsuit and they’ll imprint like baby ducks and then fly into a rage if that woman faces any criticism
She would rather her entire judicial legacy be unraveled within a year than retire a year early. I get so made when I see “Vote Like Ruth Sent You” memes.
And people being like "well her death exposed the hypocrisy when the republicans replaced her so close to the election" as if Mitch McConnell hadn't said he'd do exactly that, while smirking the way he does, and been reported everywhere as having done so. We all already knew!
She also ruled that prisoners who violated contraband rules could have visitation rights permanently revoked, and other prisoners could have visitation severely curtailed for no reason (other than prison overcrowding).
Same with nearly everyone I saw wearing that shit. (And if they knew, they probably just got white-girl-wasted to HYPNOTIZE at the trendiest suburban bar on a friday night)
Imagine carrying a "Notorious RBG" tote bag. Couldn't be me. She's disgusting. What good is a pioneer with such a shit legacy, plus FUCK the Supreme Court anydamnway.
yeah agreed (obviously), but i actually AM concerned that the hero worship culture around her not only ignores that, but also puts us at collective risk of being incapable of learning from it.
And lets also not forget liberal fave Sandra Day O'Connor who was the deciding vote to appoint George W. Bush president. Then, rather than wait until a Democrat could replace her, retired in good health to "care for her husband" allowing Alito to take her seat and wipe out her legacy.
i grew up hearing how wonderful susan b anthony was in fighting for women but really she just wanted to climb over Black people to get rights for white women
Under what brain rot was O’Connor a liberal fave? She was appointed by Reagan. She voted with that conservatives on the court. She was at best a swing vote- sometimes. She upheld abortion restrictions, put Bush in office, upheld racist gerrymanders, attacked affirmative action.
She wanted to be replaced by a Republican. And she was so deeply partisan that she was crying on election night when it looked like Gore might win bc if he did she would have to serve another term before retiring. She’d rather be away from her sick husband than let a Democrat chose her replacement.
Yep. Biden made the same mistake in standing for reelection. I say “standing” because it doesn’t feel like an energetic enough campaign to call it “running”.
So, once again, all we can do is hope there’s juuust enough juice left to stagger across the finish line before finally giving up the ghost.
By way of comparison, here in Canada, Supreme Court Justices serve limited terms, and can be removed.
"Justices hold office until age 75, during good behaviour. They are removable by the Governor General on address of the Canadian Senate and House of Commons."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
One could say the same right now for Sotomayor and Kagan in their mid to late 60s. If Biden put in 2 40-year-olds right now there wouldn't be much chance of them being replaced during the next few administrations.
It's Democratic political malpractice.
Almost as bad as forcing a deeply unpopular presidential candidate because of a lifetime of political favors and all the corrupt money in the world. (Or the Blue 'Murican half, at least)
