RBG – First post after her passing

 Here is my statement on Ruth Ginsburg’s passing:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg definitely led an amazing life. Her many accomplishments are deserving of respect.   Many call her brilliant and she may have been.  She was certainly a good advocate. But, in my opinion she was lacking in judicial temperament.   And she did a terrible disservice to the country by not retiring when she knew she was dying, especially given the likely importance of SCOTUS in deciding this year’s election. May she rest in peace.*

*NOTE: I wrote essentially this same comment in response to a Facebook post that touted RBG’s talents as well as those of the poster.  My comment was deleted.  I’m assuming my opinion was not sufficiently gushing with adoration as apparently is expected when a Left icon passes. But neither is it disrespectful. Just honest – something of which the cancel culture does not approve when it does not mimic their voice.

We have all known since before the 2018 midterms that RBG likely would retire or die before the 2020 election.  That was a campaign point during those midterms.  Those who did not want Trump or a Republican Senate to be the ones to replace RBG had the right to vote for Democrat senators at that time.  The current makeup of the Senate reflects voter choice.

At least until January 2021, Donald Trump is still our president.  In 2016 RBG asserted that there should be a vote on then President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee because “a president is elected for four years.” Similarly, Donald Trump should nominate and there should be a vote on RBG’s replacement as soon as possible.

The Supreme Court belongs to the people, not to one or another political party.  We the people have a right to have a fully functioning court.  This is especially important this year when it is very likely that the Supreme Court will have a decisive roll is who wins the election Nov. 3.  Without RBG’s replacement the Court will have 8 members and could easily split 4-4 leaving us with no decision and a Constitutional crisis.

Is that what the Democrats want, or perhaps hope for? They certainly have little respect for our Constitution or our rule of law.  I find the Democrat threats of violence if President Trump moves forward to be if not treasonous, a clear betrayal of their oath to uphold the Constitution and serve the people.  So too are their assertions that if the position is filled before the election then they will begin efforts to pack the Court so that they will never lose again.  Could it be any clearer that they are more interested in their own power than in preserving and protecting the United States of America?

Just a reminder here that Article II, Sec. 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution requires the President to appoint judges of the Supreme Court.  To not move forward to fill this vacancy would in essence be a shirking by the President of his duty under the Constitution.

I am not optimistic about the upcoming behavior of the Democrats as President Trump moves forward to fill the vacancy and give to the people the fully functioning Court to which we are entitled.  I suspect that in addition to encouraging violence and other mob actions, the Democrats will use everything in their power to stall the process. 

For the Democrats everything is political and politics is all about their own power.  We have seen already the extent to which the Democrats will go to get what they want.  Who can forget the Kavanaugh hearings, the lies and the destruction of innocent lives and reputations? 

Indeed, that is all we seem to see from Democrats these days – hatred and a clear doctrine that the end will justify using any means necessary (for example, silencing opposition by denying their rights such as free speech protected to the people under Constitution; misusing Congressional powers and taxpayer money to conduct disruptive and frivolous investigations in a variety of attempts to overturn the 2016 election; and of course fomenting hatred for the duly elected President with full consciousness that such hatred can and does promote and result in violence). 

I have often argued in this blog that the Left is not interested in making our government and our country better; rather their goal is to completely dismantle it and rebuild it in a way that gives them absolute power and control over our entire way of life.  This Supreme Court vacancy provides them with another opportunity to further their cause.

Of course, the Democrats and their handmaiden the mainstream media will make every effort to turn public opinion in their favor and against filling the Court’s vacancy.  They will play on our emotions.  RGB’s final request to wait on her replacement will most certainly be used.  But this was a political request. 

RGB was a political player – the only reason she did not retire under Obama is because she thought Hillary would win.  Then, stuck with a Republican president whom she knew would not nominate a fellow liberal, she refused to retire despite her failing health.  She knew exactly what she was doing and had no problem creating this nightmare for the Court and for the people of this country.

The Democrats will tell us that the Republicans are hypocrites because they opposed Obama’s lame-duck nomination of Merrick Garland.  They will not mention the fact that the political makeup of Congress then was a different party from the Executive and as such reflected a different voter voice than does the current makeup.  They will not mention the many election year appointments and confirmations that have occurred in the past.

It is simple.  There is a vacancy on the Supreme Court that must be filled.  It is the President’s job to nominate someone and the Senate’s job to bring that nomination to a vote.  Simple as that.  That is our Constitutional process, what our rule of law requires.   

But watch the Democrats try to turn this into some sort of unconstitutional and evil power grab by the Republicans and the President.  It is not.  The only ones not reading their Constitution here are the Democrats.  Don’t listen to their rhetoric as they attempt to turn our legal processes and our very government into one of mob rule.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a strong American woman, has died after leading a full life, much of it within and a part of our legal system.  Let’s not allow the Democrats to use her death to further attack that very system that allowed her to become whom she was meant to be.