I'm very sad to hear about the passing of my parents' good friend, and my father's wonderful colleague, Justice Ginsburg. May her memory be a blessing. I'd like to share a couple of passages that convey what she meant to my dad.../3
This is a story that Judge Jeffrey Sutton shares about an encounter late in my dad's life, when he bought his friend Ruth two dozen roses for her birthday. "Some things in life are more important than votes."
This is from a roast he delivered for her 10th anniversary on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. They'd been colleagues on that court until he went to the Supreme Court; she hadn't joined him there yet—and he missed her.
No one should be able to purchase a semi-automatic weapon, cross state lines and kill 2 people, wound another and go free. In what world is this safe ... for any of us ?
Readers added context
Kyle Rittenhouse did not cross state lines with the gun. The gun was already being stored at a friend's house in Kenosha, according to police records and court testimony.
Kyle was found not guilty of murder on the basis of self defence.
Sources: insider.com/6-myths-surrou…reuters.com/world/us/jury-…
MSNBC's Katy Tur: "Based on where Americans stand on the issues, Americans have really moved in a much more progressive direction over the years. Do you think it’s appropriate to continue to take such a strict originalist view of the Constitution given it’s 2018 and not 1776?”
“Chocolate chocolate chip,” he says, raising the cone he ordered all by himself.
“Oooooh!” says the crowd. “Ahhhhh! We are in the presence of greatness!”