Perspective
Jul. 14, 2016
RBG on Trump: She has a duty to be silent
For the sake of the Republic, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should keep her fears to herself. By Richard W. Painter
By Richard W. Painter
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is afraid of something.
She was lucky to be born in the United States. That was March 1933, the month the German government barred Jews from serving as judges, claiming that Jews were biased against the political leaders German voters had chosen in the 1932-33 elections. By the time Justice Ginsburg was one year old, all semblance of an independent judiciary in Germany was gone.
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