Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now says she regrets those negative things she said about Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump.
Does she no longer believe what she said? Hardly. She just regrets saying those things out loud.
I’m going to give the Supreme Court justice high marks for saying she plans to be “more circumspect” in the future.
She had said Trump’s election as president would be disastrous for the country and joked she might move to New Zealand if Trump is elected.
I am one of those who have said she shouldn’t have made those statements. It is true that there’s nothing written or codified about what Supreme Court justices can say. It’s been a long-standing tradition that justicesĀ steer clear of partisan politics.
Ginsburg lost control of her verbal steering wheel when she popped off about Trump, who not surprisingly responded in his typically crude manner, suggesting the justice had lost some of her mental acuity. He demanded her resignation.
As Reuters reported: “On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them,” she said in a statement issued by the court. “Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more circumspect,” Ginsburg added.
That’s good enough for me. Is it good enough for her critics? I’m thinking umm … no.