Yep.If there are going to be court cases related to the election ala Bush 2000, which there very well may be, they need their yes man in the seat ASAP.
I mean Trump wasn't president then. Hell by the time he was the likely republican nominee it would have been too late since the republicans would've just stopped any replacements until Trump was in office, just as they did when Scalia diedIs there a reason she didn't retire under Obama if she felt like that(going by her statement)?
If they push someone through this is the only option now
Putting a limit on the amount of time a judge can serve should be a thing anyway. Plus, the GOP can go get fucked.That would only impact future justices. So no point in doing that.
Have you seen what happened because of the USPS fuckery? Massive early voting turnout. Fucking with the mail is not the easy slam dunk auto-win for Trump people seem to be portraying it as.Yep. The Senate will fast track the most conservative Justice they can into the position, and it will do everything possible (in conjunction with Trump's packed lower courts) to ensure Trump stays in power.
Screw over the Postal Service? Yep. Ninth Circuit put USPS fuckery on hold, but as soon as it gets to the Supreme Court, they'll fast track a ruling that throws the Ninth's ruling out. Nothing's going to be off the table - *nothing*.
I have no faith in any of the Republicans who said in 2016 that you can't appoint a SCOTUS nominee in an election year.
it doesn't matter, they have until january
You know what would have been better than an 87 year old cancer survivor being a "warrior" to stymie an absolute shitshow? Retiring when we had a democratic president and senate.RBG was such a warrior. Clearly she was in poor health these last few months (or even years?) yet she did everything she could to be on that court for as long as humanly possible.