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Conspiracy theorists keep their Ginsburg death claims alive | TheHill

posted onApril 7, 2019
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Article snippet: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been keeping busy since her cancer surgery in late December: She has returned to the bench to hear oral arguments, authored opinions and even made a few public appearances outside the courtroom. But conspiracy theorists aren’t buying it, with some arguing that the 86-year-old justice has been dead for weeks and that Democrats are covering it up to stop MORE from filling her seat. The Supreme Court has been bombarded with Twitter users demanding evidence that Ginsburg is still alive, while some online videos allege her public appearances have been manufactured. There are also claims that audio of her from recent Supreme Court oral arguments has been doctored and is nothing more than phrases pieced together from earlier recordings of her remarks. Ginsburg has authored three court opinions since she was released from the hospital in December. The opinions weren't issued until February, but the documents are often the results of weeks, if not months, of debate and communication among the justices. There’s little chance the Ginsburg conspiracy theory is going away anytime soon, experts say, mainly because the biggest proponents are unlikely to accept any proof that she’s alive. And they said the somewhat secretive nature of the Supreme Court, where no television cameras are allowed, doesn’t help. “She’s sort of a high-visibility celebrity on the left as a justice in the same way [late Justice Antonin] Scalia was a high-lev... Link to the full article to read more

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