Trump Wants Ginsburg Off The Supreme Court ASAP For Criticizing Him

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Donald Trump chided Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a Tuesday interview with The New York Times after she gave multiple comments that were highly critical of his campaign.

“I think it’s highly inappropriate that a United States Supreme Court judge gets involved in a political campaign, frankly,” Trump told the Times by phone. “I think it’s a disgrace to the court and I think she should apologize to the court. I couldn’t believe it when I saw it.”

Ginsburg in recent days has ramped up her criticisms of Trump's campaign. She has said he's a "faker" who should release his tax returns, that she "can't imagine" a Trump presidency, and that "everything" would be up for grabs with him occupying the White House. Ginsburg's comments are unique in that a Supreme Court justice typically doesn't comment on presidential candidates during election season.

Trump went on to say that it was "beneath the court" for Ginsburg to criticize him and argued that her comments would only further energize his supporters. "And I would hope that she would get off the court as soon as possible,” he added.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Slick dodge of the tax return question, Donny

But you're fooling no one.
Where are your taxes?

[Lance Bass esquire]

2. Waz he gonna do?

Sue her?

Take it all the way up to the Supreme Court?

[trof]

61. If elected, he'll just fire her.

Trump believes the president can do that.

[bulloney]

3. Trump has seen nothing yet if Ginsburg's remarks made him go nuts like he did.

As we go deeper into the presidential campaign season, Trump will be attacked from all directions all of the time.

Geez! Somebody criticizes Trump and he wants her fired and goes nuts in attacking her.

I'll bet Ginsburg will just let Trump's remarks roll off her back.

This is another example of why Trump is not fit to be POTUS. If Trump took even 1% of the attacks Obama had during his presidency, or what Hillary has taken since she was First Lady, his head would have exploded a long time ago. Both of them have taken the relentless attacks with a lot of poise and class.

Trump simply does not have the temperament to be a public official. Not even close.

[calimary]

21. MAN dude has a pitifully thin skin.

Gotta pick on a little old lady, 'eh, "tough guy"?

[Demit]

39. "Trumpelthinskin"

[King_Klonopin]

40. You have to trade mark that one! Great word -- nt

[maddiemom]

49. Agree! "Stubfinger" is another good one.

I repeated that one some time ago, after first hearing it---didn't see to catch on.

[calimary]

59. You won the thread, Demit!

Trumpelthinskin! Mind if I borrow it (and spread it around)?

[JustAnotherGen]

56. My thought EXACTLY!

He's going after that itty bite wise woman?

Dumb ass!

[lark]

4. She will leave,

soon after Drumpf loses the presidency.

[mdbl]

57. then we'll have a Repuglican majority again.

Since the crappy Senate won't confirm a replacement.

[lark]

70. I'm hopefully assuming a Democratic majority in the Senate for Hillary's first term.

There's a good chance we can retake the Senate, so I'm thinking optimistically. If Repugs are a majority, the country is in real trouble as they will not let any candidate go through, none. Dems would have to play major hard ball to stop that and that's something that they generally refuse to do.

[niyad]

5. hey, der drumpfenfuhrer--I want you off our planet. better yet--out of our universe.

go back to whatever section of the galactic insane asylum from which you escaped.

[Zambero]

6. Sorry, but the Senate is not holding SCOTUS hearings this year

Already down by one with no hope for new appointees any time soon, Justice Ginsburg will have to hold onto her seat for the time being, as well as her right to free speech. Her friend Antonin Scalia was certainly not hesitant to speak HIS mind!

[Kelvin Mace]

7. No, the court shouldn't be politicized

however, that ship sailed with Thomas' confirmation, with new excursions under Renqhuist, Scalia, and Alito.

[Cosmocat]

18. YEP

if one of the non conservative judges pulled the shit these jackasses have pulled, there would very real talk of impeaching them.

[TeddyR]

52. Did any conservative judge

Publicly criticize a Dem president or presidential candidate? I don't recall seeing that.

[BumRushDaShow]

62. Watch

(from 2010 State of the Union)

Apparently Alito is a master at nasty arrogance.

[TeddyR]

65. That's different than publicly criticizing

A presidential candidate. Ginsburg is way over the line here.

[BumRushDaShow]

67. It's not different

It was as insulting as Joe Wilson yelling "You Lie!" in the middle of the President's first joint session of Congress. The protocol breaches have been egregious and the GOP has been vicious in formal public settings in terms of insulting this current President. Plus you have Justices like Clarence Thomas allowing his wife to continue to run rampant and stalk while he refuses to recuse himself from cases due to her activism.

[PSPS]

8. "Trump told the Times by phone."

So the media is still letting Trump phone everything in?

[emulatorloo]

11. Well, sometimes he tweets it in for variety.

[RiverNoord]

9. LOL!!!!!!

Why isn't the mind-numbingly mad logic of bullshit like that patently obvious to his supporters? Or is that part of his... apparent appeal?

Stating that it was improper for a Justice of the Supreme Court to speak of her disdain for a Presidential candidate, while the very same Presidential candidate speaks of his disdain for a Justice of the Supreme Court... There is absolutely nothing in the Constitution that suggests that anyone in the judicial branch must be apolitical.

Of course, he did rather kick it off with his attack of a Mexican federal judge. Which is, of course, quite remarkable, as the man was born in Indiana.

And, consistent with judicial ethics binding federal judges with respect to statements made about parties in litigation before them, he said nothing.

Crap like that definitely triggers the 'is he actually for real' question for me.

[sakabatou]

10. What a thin skin

[bullwinkle428]

12. So NOW the fucker is in a huge hurry to fill a vacancy on the SC!

[liberal N proud]

13. We need to make sure he never has the opportunity

[longship]

14. Donald "Small hands", notorious RGB will so pwn you.

Can any say meat grinder? However, very little meat on that Donald. Mostly rabid weasel toupee and comb over.

[maddiemom]

53. Toupee? Surely the Dnald could afford the best.

The thing on his head seems to be a "comb FORWARD." Ever notice how rarely you see a "side view" shot? It is really obvious when you see him from that angle.

[christx30]

15. Due to our Constitution,

only Ginsburg can remove Ginsburg. Even if Trump became president he couldn't do anything about it. I want that thought to burn in his head. Especially on Jan 20th when Hillary is being sworn in.

[aggiesal]

42. I believe she can be impeached ...

but, this doesn't come close to any type of impeachable offense.

[christx30]

46. Very true.

Impeachment is a possibility, but only for crimes. So if we can just get her to refrain from robbing banks in her spare time, we should be ok.

Trump concession speech 2016!

[TeddyR]

66. She'd most likely have to recuse herself

From any case involving Trump

[FreepFryer]

16. Two words for Drumpf... "You Lie." (n/t)

[George II]

17. Aw, Donny. Are you upset because a woman has seen through your shtick?

[mainer]

19. Anyone remember when Sandra Day O'Connor was "relieved" Bush won?

I seem to recall that she said, "Good, now I can retire."

[maddiemom]

51. IOKIYAR.

[calimary]

20. Fuck him.

That's all I got. Fuck him.

[3catwoman3]

60. That will do...

...quite nicely. Short and sweet.

[Angry Dragon]

22. Who really cares what Trump wants??

[irisblue]

23. hey Donnie ha-fing-ha

You should hear what I have said

[Hekate]

24. The Notorious RBG doesn't give a rat's ass for Trump's opinion of her....

I concur!

[Botany]

25. The Des Moines Register, the Washington Post, Megyn Kelly, and the notorious RBG?

I wonder if his thin skin has something to do w/his little fingers?


BTW has Trump heard of bush v Gore?
“I think it’s highly inappropriate that a United States Supreme Court judge gets involved in a political campaign, frankly,”

[Initech]

26. And people would trust this guy with nuclear launch codes?

[SwankyXomb]

31. I wouldn't trust him with a locker combination

[Gothmog]

27. Trump is a hypocrite

It is okay for him to attack a federal judge because of his heritage but Ginsburg cannot dare comment on the stupidity of the Trump campaign

[63splitwindow]

28. Hey Don the Con--- you know how your campaign has been so "unique" in so many ways...

If you weren't blatantly inappropriate, in so many ways, to be a serious contender to be President of the United States then this would have never occurred. Congrats on that you worthless POS.

[erpowers]

29. Not Someone You Want As President

Anyone who calls for a member of the Supreme Court to leave the Court because that person criticized him should not be President of the United States. More and more Donald Trump talks like a dictator. The only free speech he seems to like is his own and the speech of those who only say nice things about him.

[misterhighwasted]

30. "OOOOHHH! Tiny hands, you scaaaare me!"

N O T!

[mercuryblues]

33. LOL. +1

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

32. More evidence he's unfit for the job n/t

[hamsterjill]

34. He cannot STAND to be put down by a woman!

I love it. Warren knows how to punch his buttons, and obviously RBG does, too!

Whatever either one of them says/does/believes as to the Trumpster is fine by me!

[WheelWalker]

36. That's what I'm noticing... he definitely can't handle a woman's finger on his button.

[Surya Gayatri]

37. That would be a cage fight worth watching. The legendary RBG vs the Toupéed Fucktrumpet.

I know who my money would be on.

Small, even diminutive, but MIGHTY in her righteousness. The throw-down would be cosmic.

[hamsterjill]

43. The Notorious RBG could whip his orange ass, don't you think????!!!!

[Surya Gayatri]

45. He'd be carried out on a figurative stretcher, if they ever came to real verbal blows.

[maddiemom]

55. And I can't wait to see him one on one with Hillary.

[vkkv]

35. Too F'n bad grump !!

[sofa king]

38. It's an easy statement to make...

... if you don't know a damned thing about the job for which you are applying.

[King_Klonopin]

41. It is a breach of etiquette (impoliteness) not a Constitutional crisis.

He is such an empty-headed, vain, drama king.

[safeinOhio]

44. Got to laugh. Blaming her for saying something

Politically incorrect.

[maddiemom]

47. You GO, Madam RBG!

[Demonaut]

48. doesn't he know he can un-appoint her??

pass that along, he'll probably add it to his next campaign stop

[bucolic_frolic]

50. Is this partly another of Trump's

Jewish rantings?

[Zen Democrat]

54. Is he forgetting when Scalia threw the 2000 election to George W. and Dick Cheney?

“I think it’s highly inappropriate that a United States Supreme Court judge gets involved in a political campaign, frankly,” Trump told the Times by phone."

That was illegal action, IMO. RBG's exercising her first amendment rights.

[red dog 1]

58. What an idiot!

On a lighter note:
"Pick a Song & Change the Lyrics to Reflect How You Feel About Donald Trump"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018881125

[Historic NY]

63. Last I heard there was a first amendment

[Night Watchman]

64. Imagine what he'd do if he were POTUS

GOTV!!!

[riversedge]

68. Once again Donald opens his mouth and shows the world how petty he is.

[adigal]

69. But Cheney and Scalia can hunt together when deciding on a case

involving Cheney. Nothing inappropriate there. Ok.

[L. Coyote]

71. Today's thread about new tweet, ‘Her mind is shot' Happy Trump made metal fitness an issue.

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

People have avoided the issue of Donald's Alzheimer's symptoms, but now that he has raised the issue of mental fitness and fitness of mind, the issue certainly is fair game!

[Monk06]

72. The old girl has dropped the hankerchief and is going out with both guns blazin LOL

[Calista241]

73. Trump is an idiot, but RBG shouldn't have said what she did.

If 2000 happens again, can RBG say with a straight face that she will do her duty no matter what? Would she have to recuse herself, since she's publicly opined on the matter?

[Peigan68]

74. Ginsberg has now apologized for what she said, so the right wing hypocrites win again

What else is new?