An aberration.

The pendulum goes too far to the right, it’s going to swing back. The same thing too far to the left. I’m hoping to see it swing back in my lifetime.

— Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, during a recent event at Amherst College, in response to a question about what historians will see when they look back on this period in American history and current extremist political movements. When asked if she was hopeful for our country’s future, Ginsburg said, “Over the long haul, yes.”

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