or Rudy.....
I civilly beg to differ.
Playing devils advocate here. There is no guarantee that Trump won't get reelected in 2020. If Democrats didn't realize how important 2016 was to fill Scalia's seat, do you think that there is any more impetus in 2020? I agree it sucks, but I am not sure Kennedy owed anyone another 2, possibly 6 years to keep Trump from wrecking the USSC.
A valid point, and one that I will likely be more amenable to once the shock wears off. But right now I'm seriously worried about the future of this nation--more so than when the malevolent yeast infection was elected.
I understand that people have volunteered to donate whatever organs RBG may need.
that is being very un-civil towards malevolent yeast infections
i bet there is a non-zero chance that someone tries to figure out a way to re-animate bork
well, i think in 2016 a very large chunk of the country didn't think there was much of a chance trump was going to get elected. i don't think motivation is going to be as much of a challenge in 2018 or 2020. but a lot will depend on the russian rat screwing that we know will happen again as we have done very littl to address it.
i'm not a huge fan of life time appointments for sc justices.
The only thing I can possibly think that is good about this is maybe Kennedy was signaling to Democrats how important 2018 midterms are. Because if they can't make up some of the seats, there is no way this ends well for anyone.
Hard to say - while he's generally been conservative, he's been the swing vote towards the left some as well. By announcing his retirement now, there's little chance the Dems can do anything about his replacement - he / she will almost certainly be approved before the election in November. As the repubs showed with Gorsuch, all they need is a simple majority.
you are just going to cause the yeast infections to get more malevolent
Thank you for your post and comments. Well said, J. Thomas.
