Comments made by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about Donald Trump are making even liberals uncomfortable. Ginsburg "Just Risked her Legacy to Insult Trump," blares the headline at Slate.  Author Mark Joseph Stern says her comments are "unethical" and "dangerous": There is really very little to debate about the ethics of Ginsburg’s comments. They were plainly a violation, the kind of partisan partiality that judicial ethics codes strive to prevent. But Ginsburg, who is a quietly canny judicial and political strategist, surely knows that her comments were an ethical error. That leads to a fascinating question: Why would the justice risk her reputation and good standing—and even her power to hear cases involving Trump—for a few quick jabs at the candidate? The answer, I suspect, is that Ginsburg has decided to sacrifice some of her prestige in order to send as clear a warning signal about Trump as she possibly can. The...(Read Full Post)