EDITORIAL
MUTUALLY ASSURED
COURT DESTRUCTION
Ruth Bader Ginsburg will forever be remembered
as one of the true giants of the Supreme Court
— an unparalleled champion of equal rights for
every American.
Throughout her 27 years on the bench, which ended
with her untimely death on Sept. 18 at the age of 87, she
demonstrated proud service to the American people
and the hallmark of her undying campaign to fulfill
“equal justice under law.” Ginsburg always put first the
Constitution, our democratic republican system of government,
and the unalienable rights of the individual.
The loss of this great American comes at the worst
possible time — the throes of the most contentious presidential
election we’ve ever had, involving a president
that never lets an opportunity to seize further political
power go to waste.
President Trump says he will move forward with
nominating a successor to Ginsburg’s seat, and Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — self-proclaimed
member of the Republican Party-turned-obedient-party
of-Trump — says he’ll move it forward to a vote.
Never mind, of course, that McConnell wouldn’t
give Merrick Garland — President Obama’s nomination
to succeed the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme
Court — the time of day months ahead of the 2016 presidential
election.
Back then, McConnell said it was too close to the
election then to move forward with the Senate’s “advise
and consent” responsibilities. Now, less than 50 days
out from the 2020 election, time isn’t an issue.
McConnell’s hypocrisy and Trump’s brazenness
threaten to tear the country apart even further. Democrats
are already talking about adding two or more
seats to the Supreme Court if Trump and McConnell
ram through a nominee — should Joe Biden win the
presidency in November.
Court-packing would be the last, best instrument of
neutralizing three partisan appointees made by an impeached
president who lost the popular vote four years
ago. B
ut it opens a Pandora’s box to further politicize
the Supreme Court, allowing parties to pack the court
each time they win to get the rulings they want. The
independence of the Judiciary, already undermined for
decades through partisan appointments, would all but
disappear.
Trump and McConnell have set the country up for
the mutually assured destruction of the Supreme Court
— the greatest arbiter of justice in our country.
Moving forward with filling Ginsburg’s seat now
will set this country back decades on progress.
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