Maybe it’s time to start rethinking our ‘to death do us part’ policy with members of the Supreme Court Justice. If Ginsburg isn’t any indication that, that plan isn’t as sound as it could be, I don’t know what is.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg forgot the contents of the 14th Amendment while speaking to the National Woman’s Party in late August and needed an audience member to give her a copy of the Constitution so she could remember what it said.
The incident happened on August 26, 2018, when Ginsburg was asked to talk about the Equal Rights Amendment while addressing the audience at the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument.
“So you’ve written a few articles over the years about the need for the ERA … and you’ve of course noted that the ERA would give the Supreme Court a more secure handle in its support for equality,” said Jill C. Morrison, Executive Director of the Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship at Georgetown Law.
But as you mentioned, as both a litigator and in your time on the court, you’ve actually built precedent in that area,” Morrison continued. “So could you explain why you believe that the ERA is still as needed today as it ever was?”
Ginsburg, 85, began fumbling for her purse — which an aide then brought to her — as she then searched for a copy of the Constitution that she supposedly carries with her.
She couldn’t find it.
Then a member of the audience offered up their pocket-sized Constitution for Ginsburg so she could talk about what she claimed was “a problem with the 14th Amendment.”
This was just a fraction of Justice Ginsburg’s latest fails. Ginsburg also said during a recent talk at Georgetown University that she is “really turned on” by the #MeToo movement.
Ginsburg made the comments just a day before Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week about unsubstantiated allegations of sexual misconduct made against him, The Daily Wire reported.