Some liberals are blaming the late Supreme Court docket Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after the courtroom overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade case that federally protected a lady’s proper to an abortion on Friday.
Ginsburg notoriously determined to not retire throughout the Obama administration when she might have been changed with a liberal justice, solely to die on the age of 87 in September 2020 throughout the Trump administration.
She was changed by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was one in all three conservative justices appointed by former President Donald Trump — all three of whom had been among the many six justices who voted in favor of overturning the half-century-old choice.
If she had retired and been changed by a liberal justice, the choice to overturn Roe would probably nonetheless have handed in a 5-4 vote.
Though Ginsburg was a staunch advocate for girls’s constitutional proper to an abortion, she was crucial of how Roe v. Wade established that proper.
Outraged, many liberals took to social media to level their fingers at her for Friday’s choice.
“RBG was a hero for a lot of causes. However the horrible irony is that her choice to remain too lengthy on the celebration helped result in the destruction of one of many issues she cared about essentially the most,” Hollywood Reporter columnist Scott Feinberg tweeted. “Sadly, this shall be a giant a part of her legacy.
Podcast host Katie Harper sarcastically wrote she was “So glad RBG saved planking as a substitute of retiring from the Supreme Court docket,” with a photograph of the aged justice doing a plank in a gymnasium.
“Thanks particularly to RBG right this moment for making this potential,” tweeted freelance journalist Eoin Higgins, who additionally thanked former President Obama “for not recess appointing Garland or whoever to interchange Scalia, your inaction and failed presidency helped make this second a actuality.”
Others had been extra crucial of the late justice.
“Reminder: Ruth Bader Ginsberg opted to die in her seat below Trump as a substitute of pave the way in which for an acceptable alternative below Obama. The street to hell is paved with white feminism,” wrote Khadijah A. Robinson.
“Ruth Bader Ginsberg is gradual roasting in hell,” wrote medical skilled and author Gabrielle Perry.
Some conservatives thanked Ginsberg for refusing to retire.
“This present day delivered to you by Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s narcissistic refusal to retire,” tweeted conservative political commentator Matt Walsh. “Thanks, RBG!”
“We must always construct a statue to the pro-life motion of Harry Reid and RBG holding palms,” wrote Information Busters editor Curtis Houck.
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