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Winning a justice, but losing the court
Aft er months of doing nothing about
the massive economic crisis this
country faces amid the COVID-19
pandemic, President Trump and Senate
Republicans are in a big damn hurry
to get Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme
Court seat fi lled.
And poll aft er poll taken since Ginsburg’s
death has shown that the American
people don’t want a rush in judgment
here — they want to let the winner of the
Nov. 3 presidential election make the
appointment.
Of course, Trump and his Senate
henchmen aren’t listening — they want
Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme
Court bench to help rule in their favor
any challenges to ballots. They think
they’re going to be able to cement a conservative
bench for decades.
Spare us the talk of judicial independence.
No Trump appointee to anything
is independent — and those who try to
act independently feel the wrath of his
Twitter outrage, amplifi ed by his friends
in right-wing media.
Barrett’s extremism is a conservative’s
dream come true.
When she’s confi rmed, you can bet that
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President Donald Trump announced Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to fi ll the Supreme
Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Justice Barrett will be the deciding vote
on a conservative death panel that pulls
the plug on the Aff ordable Care Act and
its pre-existing condition protections.
Reproductive rights? Voting rights?
Same-sex marriage? You can bet that
Justice Barrett, with her views on overturning
prior judicial precedent, will
see to it that they disappear once the
latest challenges hit the Supreme Court
docket.
And who knows? If the election is
razor-thin, maybe Justice Barrett will
help Trump steal away enough electoral
votes from Biden to preserve his Oval
Offi ce seat.
All of this is destined to happen
because the Senate Republicans, who
act like Trump appointees rather than
elected offi cials, are scrambling to do
his bidding and confi rm her. Nothing
the Senate Democrats can say or do will
stop it. Only a massive conversion of
Senate Republican hearts, coupled with
a sudden burst of integrity, can derail the
Barrett nomination.
But Americans don’t like it when politicians
stop listening to them.
If Republicans ignore the American
voters and then lose the presidency and
all of Congress, Democrats will have the
power to kill the Senate fi libuster and
add several seats to the Supreme Court,
balancing out the scales of justice.
Nothing the Senate Republicans will
say or do will stop it.
For what shall it profi t a party to gain
a Supreme Court seat and lose its power
for good?
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