Editorial Board

Ginsburg Goes Rogue

Honesty on the Supreme Court is not always the best policy.

Her comments on Trump went too far.

Photographer: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Some things are better left unsaid. Exhibit A:

In recent interviews, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg expressed horror at the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency: “I can’t imagine what this place would be -- I can’t imagine what the country would be -- with Donald Trump as our president,” she told a reporter. “For the country, it could be four years. For the court, it could be -- I don’t even want to contemplate it.”