# Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 18, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957 "2020-09-18T23:34:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/1 "2020-09-18T23:34:43Z")
Breaking news on CNN. This makes me so damned sad. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/2 "2020-09-18T23:35:08Z")
The world is coming to an end. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/3 "2020-09-18T23:35:33Z")
OH NO! šŸ™ ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/4 "2020-09-18T23:37:15Z")
> **[Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87](https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87)** > > Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died from complications from cancer. Her death will set in motion what promises to be a tumultuous political battle over who will succeed her. Horrible news not only for her family and friends, but for the nation. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/5 "2020-09-18T23:38:27Z")
First and foremost- sad to see a great lady pass. I hope her death was peaceful. As far as the politics go, you know that Moscow Mitch is going to ram through some right wing replacement in the next 3 months. ---
**Author:** ![rejemy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@rejemy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rejemy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/6 "2020-09-18T23:38:36Z")
Fuck, and there goes the election as well. Now thereā€™s nothing to stop them appointing a toady who will happily overrule the will of the voters in whatever inevitable election cases come before the supreme court contesting electoral results. The nation is truly and deeply fucked. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/7 "2020-09-18T23:39:25Z")
What the fuck?! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/8 "2020-09-18T23:39:49Z")
We may be certain that Moscow Mitchā€™s hypocrisy will be on full display in coming weeks: From the NPR story: > [@](#): > > ā€¦At the center of the battle to achieve that will be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In 2016 he took a step unprecedented in modern times: He refused for nearly a year to allow any consideration of President Obamaā€™s supreme court nominee. > > Back then, McConnellā€™s justification was the upcoming presidential election, which he said would allow voters a chance to weigh in on what kind of justice they wanted. But now, with the tables turned, McConnell has made clear he will not follow the same course. Instead he will try immediately push through a Trump nominee so as to ensure a conservative justice to fill Ginsburgā€™s liberal shoes, even if President Trump were to lose his re-election bid. Asked what he would do in circumstances like these, McConnell said: ā€œOh, weā€™d fill it.ā€ ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/9 "2020-09-18T23:40:19Z")
RIP. Wow. Oh my God. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/10 "2020-09-18T23:40:35Z")
Shit. Itā€™s over dude. USA is over. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/11 "2020-09-18T23:40:56Z")
> [@rejemy](#): > > Fuck, and there goes the election as well. Now thereā€™s nothing to stop them appointing a toady who will happily overrule the will of the voters in whatever inevitable election cases come before the supreme court contesting electoral results. The nation is truly and deeply fucked. Iā€™m pretty sure Gorsuch will still swing towards the side of true justice if it comes down to something truly egregious. Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Roberts, and Gorsuch on the side of democracy. Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and TBD on the on the side of dictatorship. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/12 "2020-09-18T23:41:10Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > As far as the politics go, you know that Moscow Mitch is going to ram through some right wing replacement in the next 3 months. Ugh, three months? Three weeks, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/13 "2020-09-18T23:41:34Z")
We are all well and truly fucked. Itā€™s the end of the American justice system for the rest of my lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/14 "2020-09-18T23:42:43Z")
Man, she came so close. A few more months and it would have been President Biden nominating her replacement. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/15 "2020-09-18T23:42:48Z")
Son of a bitch. This is really bad. Ruth Bader Ginsberg, thank you for your tireless work on behalf of the US, but I really wish you had hung on 2 more months. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/16 "2020-09-18T23:42:51Z")
I just went in my living room where the TV was on and literally screamed. Such an amazing woman. And we are all fucked. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/17 "2020-09-18T23:42:53Z")
RIP Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Itā€™s a comfort to know that Mitch ā€œHonorā€ McConnell is, according to his actions, opposed to replacing Supreme Court judges in an election year. šŸ–• (Emoji for Mitch, and his backers.) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/18 "2020-09-18T23:43:05Z")
I donā€™t give a flying fuck what anyone thinks: if Moscow Mitch rams through another conservative, then Sleep Joe has no choice but to pack the mother fucking courts. This must happen. No debate, no nothing. Pack the courts. Or face the consequences. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/19 "2020-09-18T23:47:45Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > Ugh, three months? Three weeks, maybe Why would he do that? Forcing a vote on a conservative Supreme Court nominee could sink some of his vulnerable members (or they might vote no to save their skins). Just wait until the lame duck session after the election, and then those vulnerable members will have either lost or won and can vote for her replacement without worry. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957/20 "2020-09-18T23:48:15Z")
Good point. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-passed-away/920957.md?page=2)