RBG has passed away

[George K]

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87?sc=18&f=100306972&fbclid=IwAR0nh1SlgB94nZ6E1ouwlQBeOrKAhaw2Li1DIFhydJjJMuZagAmY7tkkn_s

Whoa.

It's going to be an interesting fall, to say the least.

[George K]

@George-K said in RBG has passed away:

It's going to be an interesting fall

2020 agreed.

[George K]

From the NPR piece.

"Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: 'My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.'"

[jon-nyc]

If you’re Trump, do you try to push a fill? Or do you figure this will energize your base to turnout?

[jon-nyc]

I think I’ve said it before but I hope the GOP doesn’t fill this in the next 100 days because doing so will significantly increase the odds that the Democrats pack the court at their first opportunity.

[George K]

I had a lot more respect for her before she became outspoken about her fears of a Trump victory in 2016. This is not the place of a judge. The judge should, as was said, call balls and strikes, not condemn the pitcher and catcher. She was out of line, imo, then, and her comment, on her deathbed, confirms that she was still out of line. It makes me wonder if she was just holding onto her position on SCOTUS, knowing her days were limited, hoping that Trump would lose.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in RBG has passed away:

I think I’ve said it before but I hope the GOP doesn’t fill this in the next 100 days because doing so will significantly increase the odds that the Democrats pack the court at their first opportunity.

Some talking head on Fox just asked the obvious question: "What do you think Chuck Schumer would do if the Democrats had the White House and the Senate?"

Probably a legitimate speculation.

As Jolly says, "Politics ain't bean-bag."

[Catseye3]

Message deleted.

[Jolly]

Shove it through, with or without vaseline.

[Catseye3]

@George-K said in RBG has passed away:

It makes me wonder if she was just holding onto her position on SCOTUS, knowing her days were limited, hoping that Trump would lose.

My impression is that it was common knowledge -- possibly even declared by herself -- that that was always her intention.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in RBG has passed away:

I had a lot more respect for her before she became outspoken about her fears of a Trump victory in 2016. This is not the place of a judge. The judge should, as was said, call balls and strikes, not condemn the pitcher and catcher. She was out of line, imo, then, and her comment, on her deathbed, confirms that she was still out of line. It makes me wonder if she was just holding onto her position on SCOTUS, knowing her days were limited, hoping that Trump would lose.

I don't wonder. A one-eyed, tertiary syphilis bum could figure that one out. RBG should have hung it up a couple of years ago.

[jon-nyc]

Murkowsky already said she’s not voting lame duck.

All you need is Collins, Romney, and Alexander and there goes your majority.

Or maybe others. But all you need is 4 and one is already declared.

[George K]

I agree. Romney's a definite "no," and Collins, currently trailing in ME, is probably a "no" as well.

Alexander? I dunno.

[Axtremus]

My condolences to all who knew and loved her honor, the notorious RBG.

[Mik]

The question is not what the GOP will do. That’s a given. It is whether the Dems can block it.

I just hope they give her enough respect to wait until she’s at least in the ground to announce.

[George K]

Collins says. "No."

Grassley says, "No."

Murkowski (as commented above) says, "No."

[jon-nyc]

It’s done.

Now it’s a turnout issue.

Maybe helps Dems more? Just thinking out loud. The folks on the right that really care already vote in high numbers.

On the left you have young people who don’t vote in droves. At least it seems turnout potential is higher? Again that’s just my intuition.

[Copper]

@George-K said in RBG has passed away:

From the NPR piece.

"Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: 'My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.'"

Let me repeat

A good reminder to us all that there was plenty of time for that.

[Jolly]

Gonna be a helluva election issue.

[Copper]

@jon-nyc said in RBG has passed away:

Murkowsky already said she’s not voting lame duck.

We already know that most democrats think there is no such thing.