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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Retire from the US Supreme Court in January, 2019
2018-11-20
[Santa Monica Observer] Speaking privately, a law clerk says the Justice's Cancer has come out of remission.

While the Nation is preoccupied with the appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, it appears there will soon be another vacancy on the US Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had a re-occurrence of malignant melanoma, she has told her law clerks. Ginsburg was treated in 1999 for colon cancer and had surgery in 2009 for pancreatic cancer.

She has told key Democratic members of the Senate about her medical condition, including ranking Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee Dianne Feinstein. This explains in part the "take no prisoners" attitude of the Democrats during the Kavanaugh nomination, carefully orchestrating weak 37 year old allegations against Kavanaugh by Women he barely remembers knowing in High School and College.

Kavanaugh is a player in this drama. He's in the wrong place at the wrong time . President Donald J Trump will be replacing Notorious RBG, the lovechild of the left, and so will remake the Supreme Court for a generation. The Democrats simply must win back the Senate in November 2018, progressives feel.

Ginsburg, 85 was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice (after Sandra Day O'Connor) of four to be confirmed to the court (along with Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who are still serving). Following O'Connor's retirement, and until Sotomayor joined the court, Ginsburg was the only female justice on the Supreme Court. During that time, Ginsburg became more forceful with her dissents, which were noted by legal observers and in popular culture. She is generally viewed as belonging to the liberal wing of the court. Ginsburg has authored notable majority opinions, including United States v. Virginia, Olmstead v. L.C., and Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.

Ginsburg was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian Jewish immigrants. Her older sister died when she was a baby, and her mother, one of her biggest sources of encouragement, died shortly before Ginsburg graduated from high school. She then earned her bachelor's degree at Cornell University, and was a wife and mother before starting law school at Harvard, where she was one of the few women in her class. Ginsburg transferred to Columbia Law School, where she graduated tied for first in her class.

Single source information. I have found no supporting reports as of this morning.
Posted by:Besoeker

#26   It's fake news.

Thank you, JC. That explains why Besoeker could not find any corroborating links.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-11-20 22:59  

#25  It's fake news. The Santa Monica Observer is apparently a fake new site, run by a disbarred lawyer, which publishes a lot of click-bait fake news to drive up the site's numbers.
Posted by: JC   2018-11-20 20:20  

#24  Youth? Not going there.

Okay, that's some stupid shit and I shouldn't have said it. Not that they, of all people, couldn't handle it, but black Burgers (and I know you're out there... I see those teeth!) don't need that. Not here, of all places, and certainly not from the likes of me. Sorry.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2018-11-20 19:36  

#23  A fusty old justice was Ruth...
Exhausted, to tell you the truth.
Now, thanks to the glands,
She has huge, hairy hands
And is almost too long in the tooth.

Youth? Not going there.

Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2018-11-20 19:13  

#22  ..life-extension facility for rejuvenation by some any means.

Nowadays, you just put your brain in a robot body.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-11-20 18:32  

#21  ...life-extension facility for rejuvenation by some any means.

The old fall back, virgin's blood? I understand reliable sources there should be a lot available from millennials.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-11-20 18:06  

#20  Warthog for Liberal Dilemma of the Day award.
Posted by: gorb   2018-11-20 14:33  

#19  RJ - it's that pesky old document written over 200 years ago by elitist, white males...
Posted by: Bobby   2018-11-20 14:24  

#18  Rambler in Virginia, I'm curious if it will go that way. Usually a team fights harder to stay even when their is a chance to win, than they do when they know they've lost and they need to prevent the other team from running up the score.

I suspect the rage will be about the nature of the Supreme Court (with lifetime appointments and 9 members) and US government in general (electoral collage primarily) and less about the nominee.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-11-20 13:52  

#17  Nominate the Hildabeast and have fun with the ensuing FBI background investigation that should have been.
Posted by: Warthog   2018-11-20 12:42  

#16  I wonder how many recent Senate concession speeches will be revoked.
Posted by: gorb   2018-11-20 11:59  

#15  #8 If RBG dies (she will NEVER retire), the fight over the confirmation of her replacement will make the Kavanaugh confirmation look like a mere slap fest.

I'm betting on this scenario. The left will try to keep her alive forever. Maybe she will be sent to a life-extension facility for rejuvenation by some any means.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-11-20 11:02  

#14  It'll be a fight, but it's one we can win.
Posted by: Iblis   2018-11-20 10:18  

#13  McConnell needs to put the circus in check.
Posted by: Clereck Jones8728   2018-11-20 10:06  

#12  Rhonda Rousey. You heard it here first
Posted by: Clegum and Company4133   2018-11-20 10:03  

#11  Trump will have to nominate a woman, because any man will be accused of running a rape brothel. Of course, the woman will be accused of being an active prostitute.

And the answer is: Stormy Daniels
Posted by: SteveS   2018-11-20 09:50  

#10  I will really enjoy the shit show that will happen for her replacement.

If Trump nominates a conservative LGBT woman of color, liberal heads will explode everywhere.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-11-20 09:26  

#9  Could archived holographic recordings of RBG's views on a wide spectrum of topics be admissible ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-11-20 08:47  

#8  If RBG dies (she will NEVER retire), the fight over the confirmation of her replacement will make the Kavanaugh confirmation look like a mere slap fest. Trump will have to nominate a woman, because any man will be accused of running a rape brothel. Of course, the woman will be accused of being an active prostitute.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2018-11-20 08:44  

#7  Three short taps is a YES vote.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-11-20 08:06  

#6  ...so like McCain.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-11-20 06:42  

#5  No friggen way she'll retire. Even if she's in the hospital she'll never give up her grip until she's stone cold dead.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-11-20 04:23  

#4  I have been unable to find any additional reporting to substantiate this Santa Monica article from yesterday.

History.com last did a bio update on 9 Nov 2018.

Posted by: Besoeker   2018-11-20 02:19  

#3  She is generally viewed as belonging to the liberal wing of the court.

Sherlock - how do you do it?
Posted by: Raj   2018-11-20 02:14  

#2  Better order a trainload of popcorn for this one.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-11-20 01:18  

#1  Wow! Watch D.C. go totally insane.
Posted by: 3dc   2018-11-20 01:15  

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