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Breaking News RBG, Soros and Iran Got Lost Amid Donald Trump ‘Suspense’ Outrage at Debate
Donald Trump wants to keep us in suspense. The Republican nominee’s refusal to say Wednesday evening during the final debate whether he would accept the results of the election is the stuff of breaking news and six-column headlines. “What I’m saying is that I will tell you at the time, I will keep you in…
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Life Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s “Dumb” Remark About NFL Players’ Protest
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has, alas, said something disappointing. She told Yahoo’s Katie Couric that she finds football player Colin Kaepernick and others’ refusal to stand for the national anthem was “really dumb.” Ginsburg added that she believes the protest should be legal, but the criticism of what is, after all, a peaceful…
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Breaking News 3 Jewish Supreme Court Justices Skip Opening of Term for Rosh Hashanah
— The Supreme Court’s three Jewish justices missed the start of the new term due to Rosh Hashanah. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan were not present on the opening day on Monday. Federal law requires the court to open on the first Monday in October. The session lasted only about five minutes…
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Culture In the Case of Shylock V. Antonio, Judge Ginsburg Presides
Vengeful. Bloodthirsty. Merciless. Jewish. William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” is practically synonymous with Shylock, the moneylending Jew who demands a pound of flesh from his Christian nemesis Antonio (the actual merchant of the title). But Shakespeare’s romantic-comedy-meets-courtroom-drama it is also full of thorny legal issues. Was there ever a demand for payment prior to…
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Opinion The Lasting Harm of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Notorious Attack on Donald Trump
I’m glad that Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologized. I fear that won’t erase the lasting harm of her inappropriate comments about Donald Trump. As a brilliant, bold, trailblazing jurist, Bader Ginsburg is someone I’ve long admired, so it is difficult to criticize her for speaking her mind, as she has encouraged so many women to do…
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Community Justice Ginsburg Was Right to Take a Moral Stand Against Trump
I leave it to the legal scholars and commentators to weigh in on whether Justice Ginsburg violated the code of legal ethics by speaking out strongly against the presumptive Republican candidate for President. For my part, I think that she was more focused on morality rather than ethics. And as a Jew, I was proud…
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Breaking News Ruth Bader Ginsburg Apologizes for ‘Ill-Advised’ Attacks on Donald Trump
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday said she regrets making critical comments about Republican presidential contender Donald Trump. “On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them,” she said in a statement issued by the court. Ginsburg, the 83-year-old senior liberal member of the high…
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Breaking News Donald Trump Calls on Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Resign After Criticism
Republican presidential contender Donald Trump called on Wednesday for the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, describing her as mentally unfit after she lambasted him in a series of media interviews. “Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me,” Trump said in a…
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