RBG, Twitter is down on its knees, begging you to please stay

Many of us started this week thinking it couldn't get any worse.

Oh, how young we were then.

After a week of devastating decisions by the Supreme Court, including a decision in favor of Trump's Muslim ban, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he'd be retiring on Wednesday. This leaves room for Trump to appoint yet another justice — presumably one who is anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ rights.

On Twitter, liberals politely begged 85-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to do everything she could to hang on.

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At the risk of making everyone more depressed, it's important to note that RBG's voting power will weaken, now that conservatives will enjoy a 6-3 majority with Trump's new appointee. Prior, Kennedy served as a swing vote, and occasionally agreed with the court's liberal minority. Read more...

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