The following article by Edward-Isaac Dovere was posted on the Politico website February 1, 2018:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday that judges shouldn’t be the ones to defend themselves if attacked as part of the political fray — but she’s hoping to stand up for them.
Asked at an event at the Adas Israel synagogue in Washington by Jane Eisner, the editor of The Forward, if she felt the pressure to respond at a moment when many democratic norms are being challenged, Ginsburg demurred.
“The judiciary is a reactive branch of government. It doesn’t generate the controversies that come before it — it’s reactive to what’s out there,” she said. Continue reading “Ginsburg: Independent judiciary ‘our nation’s hallmark and pride’”