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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan a SC justice function from home or the hospital?
Is there a rule that they must be present at the court itself? To vote, etc?
hlthe2b
(102,468 posts)in the near future, being present for any deliberations. She has not recused herself.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)I think you are saying she would return for deliberations and to vote, but does she have to do it in person or can she from afar?
hlthe2b
(102,468 posts)NO as long as she is mentally fit to preside.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)unimaginable.
And that if allowed she would do her job from anywhere.
hlthe2b
(102,468 posts)and yes, I am certain she will continue as long as she possibly can. She's a hero to many of us.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ruth-bder-ginsburg-shoots-down-trump-asylum-restrictions-in-vote-from-hospital_us_5c1dd1fbe4b08aaf7a88eb60
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg voted against President Donald Trumps proposed immigrant asylum restrictions from the hospital where she had cancer surgery Friday, according to media reports.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)place? Good. Thanks.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Who, in your estimation, would be in a position to tell her she couldn't?
It's not as if, on substantive cases instead of basic petitions, it is a matter of taking a "vote". That's not really how the court works.
But, suppose for a moment there was someone who was inclined to say "she can't do that". Who would that person be, how would that person go about enforcing that opinion, and who would the person or persons be that would decide whether or not she would be able to?
I believe meditating on that question will provide you with your answer, particularly once you realize that the only conceivable set of such persons would effectively be foreclosing their own ability to do so.