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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Died at 87
“We’re going to fill it.”
‘We’re going to fill it’: Republicans ready for any Supreme Court vacancy
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/08/republicans-ready-supreme-court-vacancy-243574
That story is from May. They might sing a different tune now.
This one gets rammed through like no tomorrow.
I don’t think Trump will wait one minute. Watch for an announcement next week.
They can’t hold it up. There is no guarantee they would retain both Senate and White House. If they blow this, that will be the McConnell legacy, the last bad move.
I have a feeling mitt Romney will be another John McCain, a person who puts his personal animosity for Trump ahead of what’s good for the country.
They must. Unless I heard wrong, one Dem Senate candidate is filling a vacancy so would be seated immediately.
I guess. But there are people maybe on the edge who might decide to vote against Trump, if they do a nomination now.
He won’t wait. Since she was in hospice care, I suspect, he knew. That is why he updated his list, I bet.
There will be more who will sit home and tube Graham if he doesn’t have a hearing.
When I heard the news of her death on the car radio as I was driving around town, I thought this exact thing! Who’d have thought that 2020 could get more ridiculous??
I wonder how many Ricochet threads people will created about this same subject.
Does everyone think they were the first?
Haha, I think we all posted near the same time.
Sonny Bunch on Twitter:
Peak 2020. We’ll have a 269/269 split in the electoral college, court challenges to be decided by a 4-4 Supreme Court.
To be practical about this:
This is “But Gorsuch” x 10.
Trump should make a nomination. The Senate should vote.
Let the chips fall.
This is a consequential moment in the history of the court, and our future.
What is the right thing to do for the Court, and its function within the Constitution?
Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s sins are no greater or less than anyone’s.
May G-d’s Grace be upon her;
May G-d’s Grace be upon us all.
Current Senate: 51 Republicans / 49 Democrats
Republican Senators likely to abstain from voting for a nominee prior to the outcome of the election:
Murkowski
Collins
Romney
Grassley
If the election result is contested and goes up to the Supreme Court, then it’s a possible deadlock. Chief Justice Roberts can go either way…but definitely not the conservative we assumed he was when W. nominated him.
Kind of scary.
Except her sins don’t affect only herself. Doesn’t that make them worse?
Their threat not to vote should be ignored. McConnell’s threat to make them the bad guys by forcing them to vote and show their hand is more realistic.
They don’t have to vote in the affirmative. Murkowski, Collins, and Romney would be happy not to accommodate POTUS and would proudly wear whatever “bad guy” title McConnell brands them with. This is where we’re at.
Nope.
Only in our own eye’s.
G-d is the Judge. What do I know of my own heart, let alone RBG, or yours, or anyone else’s.
I only know I fall short, and the only thing keeping me from Hell is G-d’s Grace.
I pray Ruth appreciates the Power, Grace, and Mercy of THE Supreme Judge.
Naw, Epstein would far more entertaining!
Not exactly.
Scalia was a Right-side seat. Replacing him with an Obama/Clinton appointment changes the nature of the court.
RBG is a left-side seat. If the seat is held open until after the election and Biden wins, she’s replaced with another left-winger. Not optimal from our point of view, but not as significant.
Although obviously we would be missing the chance to replace a left-wing seat with a (hopefully/potentially) right-wing seat.
Pffft. Every whiff of civil disorder is now on the Dem ledger, to their utter surprise! Who knew that a corrupt press could only gaslight an Internet world for so long without creating a backlash. None of them studied that all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time guy! They just broke up the statues and threw the pieces at the cops. If only they weren’t blistering icons of vile and stupid, like AOC.
Just to stir the pot a little: Breyer is now the oldest justice, at age 82.
I noticed on Uber Eats where the delivery fee from Starbucks is $2.95.
If you don’t nominate, that probably plays well with the swing voters, but then part of your base might stay home. Or possibly not, maybe you motivate a part of the base that hasn’t been energetic on behalf of Trump.
On the other hand, you nominate, then there is a highly-motivated left, and the nominee (and his or her baggage) is essentially part of the ballot.
Might be a poison pill. We might fill this seat only to lose everything else.