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Mutually assured court destruction
Ruth Bader Ginsburg will forever be
remembered as one of the true giants
of the Supreme Court — an unparalleled
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champion of equal rights for every
American.
Th roughout her 27 years on the bench,
which ended with her 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 fulfi ll
“equal justice under law.” Ginsburg always
put fi rst the Constitution, our democratic
republican system of government, and the
unalienable rights of the individual.
Th e 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 nominate
a successor to Ginsburg’s seat, and Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — selfproclaimed
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.
But 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. Th e
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 fi lling Ginsburg’s
seat now will set this country back decades
on progress.
Trump and McConnell’s mutual selfishness
threaten to bring the country to a
breaking point.
REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks as she is sworn in during her confi rmation
hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 20, 1993.
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