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| Ginsburg will not attend Trump's first State of the Union |
| 2018-01-28 |
| [The Hill] Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not be in attendance at President Trump's first State of the Union address on Tuesday. Ginsburg is scheduled to be at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island for her speaking tour on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. While Ginsburg has been critical of Trump in the past, her talk at the university was announced last August. Ginsburg did not attend Trump's address to Congress last year after attending all eight of former President Obama's addresses. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas also did not attend Trump's address. It is not abnormal for Supreme Court justices to skip out on the annual presidential addresses. Late Justice Antony Scalia had not attended a State of the Union since 1997 prior to his death in 2016. "You just sit there, looking stupid," Scalia once said, according to CNN. Alito, who famously shook his head and mouthed "not true" after Obama criticized the court in his 2010 State of the Union said after the address he would not attend in the near future, saying he felt "like the proverbial potted plant." Ginsburg and Trump have clashed in the past. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 It only needs a chariot, gold diadem and an imperial purple toga to be the Roman Emperor addressing the Roman Senate. Let's go back to just the sending the letter -- that was adequate for most of the Republic. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-01-28 13:30 |
| #8 I guess even maintaining the appearance of impartiality no longer plays well to the base. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2018-01-28 12:57 |
| #7 She would have fallen asleep anyway. One less drool cup needed in the house. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-01-28 08:54 |
| #6 So, she' going to recluse due to conflict of |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-01-28 08:35 |
| #5 Die already |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-01-28 08:19 |
| #4 ...There's also the possibility that she is sufficiently ill that she doesn't want to be on national television. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-01-28 07:29 |
| #3 She would have fallen asleep anyway. |
| Posted by: Dale 2018-01-28 05:34 |
| #2 She cannot attend because a house is about to fall on her. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-01-28 03:58 |
| #1 Ginsburg did not attend Trump's address to Congress last year after attending all eight of former President Obama's addresses. It's her way of sending a message. An adolescent message, but a message still. Her speaking tour is much more important than applauding the accomplishments of a mere president. The dour old hag will not be missed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-01-28 02:32 |