How the 2014 Midterms Wrecked the Democrats' Supreme Court Hopes

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death leaves an opening for the Republican president and Republican Senate to replacing a notorious pro-abortion, arch-liberal Supreme Court justice with a rock-ribbed, unflinching defender of young souls in utero.  Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have made plain their intention to fill the vacated seat.  Nothing short of a meteorite crashing into the Capitol dome will stop the President’s nominee from being confirmed.  McConnell has herded the votes; Trump is giving no quarter to courtesies like making the pick contingent on November’s electoral outcome. Before the country enters a conservative counterpoise to the Warren Court era, it’s worth considering the series of events that brought us here. Justice Ginsburg could have easily passed during a Hillary Clinton presidency, or had her successor elevated by a Chuck Schumer-led Senate.  The 2020 Republican presidential...(Read Full Article)
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