Monday, October 19, 2020

I;ve read and heard of the "Ginsberg Rule" but had NO idea what it was...so I looked it up....as follows..


THE GINSBERG RULE July 27th 2005

Edwin Meese III
75th Attorney General of the United States of America
Edwin Meese III serves as Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow Emeritus at The Heritage Foundation.


Ruth Bader Ginsburg during her testimony before the US Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington DC, July 20, 1993.Michael R Jenkins/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1... When Sen. Joseph Biden chaired confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee           Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1993, he established certain rules for questioning nominees.

 2... Canon 5 of the Model Code, among others, forbids judges or judicial candidates from....indicating how they will rule on issues likely to come before the courts.

 3... Sens. Leahy, Durbin and Schumer already have announced they won't honor the       Ginsburg Rule for Republican nominees.

When Sen. Joseph Biden chaired confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1993, he established certain rules for questioning nominees -- rules that some of his fellow Democrats seem to have conveniently forgotten.

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