ADVERTISEMENTPerhaps When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called Donald Trump a "faker" this past week, she was just doing what she knew best: expressing opinion and passing judgment. In a time when the politics of the court so heavily impact its ability to proceed, by republican obstruction preventing the appointment of Judge Merrick Garland, it is only fitting that Supreme Court Justices be permitted to voice their opinions and actively contribute to political discourse, without public scrutiny. Particularly when a candidate's policy platforms include flagrantly unconstitutional proposals, members of the Supreme Court should feel an obligation to thwart the continuation of ideology that threatens the principles they are appointed to protect. While Ginsburg's comments demonstrate a break in the precedent of Supreme Court Justices abstaining from political commentary, this break marks a positive step, and should be met with praise rather than condemnation. This decision was one that strategically dragged the Supreme Court into the center of our national discussion; the 2016 presidential election carried new weight as the election that could tip the scale of the highest court in our nation.

Source: Huffington Post July 21, 2016 23:15 UTC