‘Her mind is shot': Donald Trump-Ruth Bader Ginsburg feud goes nuclear [View all]

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Source: Washington Post

‘Her mind is shot': Donald Trump-Ruth Bader Ginsburg feud goes nuclear

By Aaron Blake July 13 at 8:57 AM
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Updated Wednesday: Trump is again escalating the rhetoric, questioning the 83-year-old justice's mental capacity in a tweet in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. ... The Washington Post and New York Times editorial boards, meanwhile, are siding with Trump -- at least in his calls for Ginsburg to tone it down. The Post says Ginsburg's criticisms, while valid, "were still much, much better left unsaid by a member of the Supreme Court." The Times says Ginsburg "needs to drop the political punditry and name-calling."

Donald Trump's list of feuds is a long and distinguished one. He has sparred with the Republican Party establishment. He has suggested George W. Bush was partially to blame for 9/11. He has tussled with the pope, for crying out loud. ... As of this week, he can add a Supreme Court associate justice to the list.

As I noted Monday, legal minds have been questioning whether Ginsburg should have said what she said about Trump over the weekend, and what it means for her ability to decide future cases involving the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.

{Ruth Bader Ginsburg may have trumped her usual outspokenness}

Two days in, the feud is growing, with Ginsburg doubling down — and Trump suggesting she vacate her seat. ... After The Fix and others noted the unusual nature of Ginsburg's comments Monday, she didn't back off. Trump, she told CNN late Monday, is a "faker." ... "He has no consistency about him," she said. "He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego. ... How has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns? The press seems to be very gentle with him on that."

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/12/donald-trump-vs-ruth-bader-ginsburg-the-politics-of-yet-another-unthinkable-feud/

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She really stepped in it this time. This is way out of line for a Supreme Court justice. No matter how much people here dislike Trump, a Supreme Court justice does not do this. She stays above the fray and adjudicates the issues before her impartially. Why? Because that's what justices on the Supreme Court do.

Well, forum hosts, I leave it up to you to decide whether this is news or analysis. I look at it along the lines of "will it make the 6:30 TV news?" If so, it's news.

Your call.

Until then, isn't it great that we have a thread where we can all join hands and sing "Kumbaya"?

Thanks.