Evidently, Republicans don’t believe in a balance to power.
That cannot end in freedom.
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The tragedy is that she was so close. Another 3 months, and Biden would have named her replacement. After 30 years, I’m still haunted by the fact that Thurgood Marshall retired in 1991 because he just assumed Bush Sr would cruise to reelection. Had he stayed on the bench until his death, Clinton would have replaced him, and Clarence Thomas would have never gotten near SCOTUS.
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Don’t be haunted by it. No guarantees that Biden would have made it if RBG had held on, and arguments to be made that the rush to fill the seat could itself have swung enough interest in the election to make the difference. Hindsight is always 20/20, but we don’t really know.
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And CJ Roberts still is.
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Excellent. This is a W. Now let’s have more.
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“At 50, Jackson is also young by Supreme Court standards, making her an attractive choice.”
About time! I really don’t want to get Ginsburged again. Breyer should step down.
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The republicans have shown to be incredibly lucky in this way.
We need more like what she was when alive. A dead Justice has no power under the Constitution.
I dunno. I’m with @chelsea530 here. Can think of a few obits that I would joyously read over and over. Would even go to vigils outside the place again, but this time in a much less somber mood.
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Come to think of it, I suppose a number of her issued opinions with solid legal reasoning will continue to carry weight as precedence long after the resign-or-die question has faded into obscurity. That’s not a direct power, but it’s an indirect power.
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That would be more likely if Congress just appropriated money for a one-time $10 million cash pension for each Supreme Court justice, payable immediately upon retirement. Make it $50 million each for the first nine to go.
(And make it all subject to recoupment if a “retiring” justice accepts re-nomination to any judicial appointment, to prevent gamesmanship.)
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Great choice… I’d love to see her on the USSC.
She’d put Clarence Thomas in his place.
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McConnell does not masquerading as a part of any religion. The only time you see him at a church is at a funeral (no one invites him to weddings). He just uses the evangelicals for his SCOTUS game. He no doubt loathes those people as much as the rest of us, he just found a way to always get their votes.
late: correction: Mitch did attend wedding of his lackey and handpicked, useless POS, KY AG, Danial Cameron. Which happened shortly after Mitch got him that gig.
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“Ginsburg said that she had no desire to retire while she was operating at “full steam,””
She was not at full steam. She had had colon and pancreatic cancer with metastases in her lung and liver. No oncologist would have characterized her as being at full steam.
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This is a fact that is lost on most.
But a filibuster-proof nominee is the reality today. Justice Breyer is willfully creating the circumstances that his replacement may be placed in the hands of fascists.
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Breyer is no dummy, he knows what is going on, and he saw what happened with Ginsburg and Garland. He is going to say what he’s saying publicly to keep up appearances, and keep his real plans private. If it was me in his shoes, I’d want Jackson to get a year under her belt and then step aside next summer. That will cut off the complaint that she’s inexperienced (yes, Kavanaugh and Barrett didn’t have much but Republicans don’t care), and leave plenty of time to finish up the confirmation before Republicans can take over the Senate.
Maybe we will get lucky and one of the conservatives will leave th SC next year as well…three of them are old or have health problems, I expect at least two to be gone before 2030. If Democrats can just manage to hold the presidency and Senate through 2032 then there’s a good chance of getting the majority of seats.
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Had she held on for 7 more weeks her seat might’ve been spared. But then, the Dems might’ve lost both GA contests and control of the Senate.
Or a democratic senator could die. That’s how close we are to McConnell holding the cards, again.
Breyer is doing no one any favors by holding out for some ideal opportunity.
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Why is this an issue? At 50 she still as at least 40 years, or more viability on the bench. And frankly, I would rather have someone with the wisdom and maturity of fifty years of life and professional experience than one who is 20 years younger.
The only reason she kept going as long as she did was because she had access to the best medical care money can buy. Most of us underlings would have been dead at least a decade before. Which makes Ginsburg’s health situation even more problematic. Although her access to excellent health care bought her time, she saw this coming a long time ago. She could have retired but she didn’t.