Ruth Bader Ginsburg, aka the Notorious RBG, aka Darth Bader, set off a firestorm last week when she made some intemperate remarks about Donald Trump during an interview, doubled down on them when speaking with other media outlets, then reversed herself and apologized a few days later for saying anything in the first place. The whole mess is yet another example of how this election cycle will be one for the history books.
As historians were quick to point out, justices and judges have been calling out political figures from the beginning of the republic, and you kind of miss the colorful language and unbridled and over-the-top invectives of the 18th and 19th centuries. More recently, Ginsburg’s late great friend, Antonin Scalia, certainly never pulled any punches commenting on current affairs or those he thought foolish or uninformed. But Ginsburg’s timing and delivery left something to be desired.
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