I accidentally made a pun today.
We were talking about the context of this recent Supreme Court appointment process—a last-minute attempt to hang on to power —as the piece that is so heart wrenching. “It’s just so ruthless in this context,” I said. Ah! What did I just say? Well, it is. Ruthless Times. A Ruthless Supreme Court.
I’m not looking forward to being in Ruthless times. I’m concerned about what a Ruthless Supreme Court will do, and I really can’t predict how exactly this will impact our laws moving forward. But I do know our new ruthless Supreme Court is missing one staunch advocate for human rights. It is missing a justice who saw the injustices in our system—and the way the law could be interpreted to remedy them—instead of hiding behind the text and claiming powerlessness.
On a related note, I went in search of some Constitutional-political commentary today from a law professor whose perspective I always appreciate (who just so happened to clerk for Justice Ginsburg). Instead of commentary, I got something that is probably more valuable: a reminder to be especially conscious of being kind right now. So, we may be in the midst of ruthless times in the political sphere, but we don’t have to be that way on a personal level. That’s what I’m thinking about today.
And I still love this RBG collage so so much.
