House Speaker Paul Ryan suggested Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put her impartiality in question by criticizing GOP presumptive presidential candidate Donald Trump.
“I find it very peculiar and I think it’s out of place for an appointed branch of government. That shows bias to me,” Ryan said Tuesday evening during a CNN town hall.
Earlier in the week, Ginsburg made headlines saying she didn’t want to “contemplate” a Trump presidency. She later escalated her critique, calling Trump a “faker,” slamming the billionaire for his lack of consistency on the campaign trail, and chided him for not releasing his tax returns. Trump has said he does not want to release his tax returns while he is being audited.
Ryan continued by saying that while elected officials commenting on the election are “perfectly in the realm,” he questioned Ginsburg’s ability to avert bias if she should ever deal with a Supreme Court case involving Trump, should he be elected president.
“For someone on the Supreme Court, who is going to be calling balls and strikes in the future based upon whatever the next president and Congress does. That strikes me as inherently biased and out of the realm,” Ryan said. “I don’t think that that shows that she intends on being impartial in the future.”
