Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the hospital after falling and breaking three ribs, and I wish her a speedy and complete recovery.
Predictably, liberals on Twitter have jested that if she needs a rib (or a kidney or a heart), they would gladly offer theirs. With Ginsburg pushing her late 80s and Justice Stephen Breyer just five years younger, progressive fears over the future of the Supreme Court make sense.
But right now is not the time for liberals to worry, and it’s certainly not the time for conservatives to discuss Trump’s potential Supreme Court picks should she have to retire. Lost in the weeds of politics and the significance of lifetime judicial picks is the simple fact that Supreme Court justices are still human. That idea nearly disappeared in the chaos of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation proceedings, but we’d be wise never to forget that idea again.
By all accounts, Ginsburg is more fit than the average young American. Despite surviving cancer twice, she works out twice a week with a trainer. I doubt she’s going anywhere for a while, and politics aside, that’s a blessed thing.
