RIP RBG

YukonRon

Sad day for American Justice and a sad day for The United States of America.

EzraBrooks

I'm sure the logic applied by the Republicans to wait till after the election to let the people decide last time will hold and they won't at all come up with some crazy reason that this time is different.

Botch

Good one, Ezra!    

Ozzie_Isaac

The future has been fundamentaly changed.  I am pretty sure it will be ok though, the world will not be around in 2021.

lousubcap

Sad day for sure.  Even my son (who is on vacation) just texted me.  

JohnInCarolina

Irreplaceable.  

lkapigian

RIP Your Honor

JohnEggGio

She was a champion and heroine for many.

Gamecockeggman

Put the political beliefs aside, what a true public servant.  

bobroo

It is a terribly sad day.

Gulfcoastguy

There isn't time for the senate to consider it before the election. However if he wins in November I don't see him waiting until Jan 20 to get a new justice seated. We already knew that this election would decide her replacement sooner or later.

StillH2OEgger

I don't think your assumption matches McConnell's thoughts on this.

JohnInCarolina

Gulfcoastguy said:

There isn't time for the senate to consider it before the election. However if he wins in November I don't see him waiting until Jan 20 to get a new justice seated. We already knew that this election would decide her replacement sooner or later.

McConnell has already said the President's nominee will get a vote in the Senate.  He didn't even wait 24 hrs after her death to say as much.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

JohnInCarolina said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

There isn't time for the senate to consider it before the election. However if he wins in November I don't see him waiting until Jan 20 to get a new justice seated. We already knew that this election would decide her replacement sooner or later.

McConnell has already said the President's nominee will get a vote in the Senate.  He didn't even wait 24 hrs after her death to say as much.

It was pretty quick. Within an hour or so. We live in a political world right now. 
 

Ozzie_Isaac

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

There isn't time for the senate to consider it before the election. However if he wins in November I don't see him waiting until Jan 20 to get a new justice seated. We already knew that this election would decide her replacement sooner or later.

McConnell has already said the President's nominee will get a vote in the Senate.  He didn't even wait 24 hrs after her death to say as much.

Or one hour 

The tweet has been que'd up for months.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Ozzie_Isaac said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

There isn't time for the senate to consider it before the election. However if he wins in November I don't see him waiting until Jan 20 to get a new justice seated. We already knew that this election would decide her replacement sooner or later.

McConnell has already said the President's nominee will get a vote in the Senate.  He didn't even wait 24 hrs after her death to say as much.

Or one hour 

The tweet has been que'd up for months.

True. I edited my comment a little. 

Gulfcoastguy

Senator Murkowski of Alaska has already said that she won't vote to confirm a nominee until the new president is inaugurated. I doubt the two lady senators for Maine will either. As I said I think waiting until January 20th if Trump is reelected in November is excessive and these three women would take that stance at their political peril. Meanwhile the Affordable Care Act indicates that 51 votes rules it seems. You might be able to add Romney to the other three that I mentioned, Utard could prevent the 51st vote, Botch would like that.

Ozzie_Isaac

If Trump believes his poles and he has the biggliest lead and the bestest voters, why would he rush to confirm?  He says he will win, so throw the dems a bone and just nominate next year.  I do not see the big deal?

NDG

RIP.  She did so much good, my 2 daughters are too young to understand but they will some day.  This is a BIG DEAL - I feel sick.  I keep telling myself 1 step back, 2 steps forward.  

StillH2OEgger

Gulfcoastguy said:

I think waiting until January 20th if Trump is reelected in November is excessive....

I don't know about that, but I definitely thought the 293 days for Garland was excessive -- utterly shameful, really.

JohnInCarolina

Gulfcoastguy said:

Senator Murkowski of Alaska has already said that she won't vote to confirm a nominee until the new president is inaugurated. I doubt the two lady senators for Maine will either. As I said I think waiting until January 20th if Trump is reelected in November is excessive and these three women would take that stance at their political peril. Meanwhile the Affordable Care Act indicates that 51 votes rules it seems. You might be able to add Romney to the other three that I mentioned, Utard could prevent the 51st vote, Botch would like that.

They would need four GOP Senators to stop it.  We'll see what kind of profiles in courage we'll see on this one, but we haven't exactly seen a whole lot of that yet. 

johnnyp

JohnInCarolina said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Senator Murkowski of Alaska has already said that she won't vote to confirm a nominee until the new president is inaugurated. I doubt the two lady senators for Maine will either. As I said I think waiting until January 20th if Trump is reelected in November is excessive and these three women would take that stance at their political peril. Meanwhile the Affordable Care Act indicates that 51 votes rules it seems. You might be able to add Romney to the other three that I mentioned, Utard could prevent the 51st vote, Botch would like that.

They would need four GOP Senators to stop it.  We'll see what kind of profiles in courage we'll see on this one, but we haven't exactly seen a whole lot of that yet. 

This is a generational opportunity for partisan control of the judiciary. Nothing will stop this from happening.

I predict no nominations pre-election, so as not to shake things up, and a quick confirmation before Jan 20. 

Gulfcoastguy

JohnInCarolina said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Senator Murkowski of Alaska has already said that she won't vote to confirm a nominee until the new president is inaugurated. I doubt the two lady senators for Maine will either. As I said I think waiting until January 20th if Trump is reelected in November is excessive and these three women would take that stance at their political peril. Meanwhile the Affordable Care Act indicates that 51 votes rules it seems. You might be able to add Romney to the other three that I mentioned, Utard could prevent the 51st vote, Botch would like that.

They would need four GOP Senators to stop it.  We'll see what kind of profiles in courage we'll see on this one, but we haven't exactly seen a whole lot of that yet. 

I just named 4.

nolaegghead

...and they missed the opportunity to "Weekend at Bernie's" her for a few months...

Anyway, this is terrible beyond words regardless of the timing.

JohnInCarolina

Gulfcoastguy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Senator Murkowski of Alaska has already said that she won't vote to confirm a nominee until the new president is inaugurated. I doubt the two lady senators for Maine will either. As I said I think waiting until January 20th if Trump is reelected in November is excessive and these three women would take that stance at their political peril. Meanwhile the Affordable Care Act indicates that 51 votes rules it seems. You might be able to add Romney to the other three that I mentioned, Utard could prevent the 51st vote, Botch would like that.

They would need four GOP Senators to stop it.  We'll see what kind of profiles in courage we'll see on this one, but we haven't exactly seen a whole lot of that yet. 

I just named 4.

I know.  Color me skeptical all four will break from the party.  

YukonRon

Gamecockeggman said:

Put the political beliefs aside, what a true public servant.  

Totally agree. Great American, great patriot, wonderful person that placed the law above everything. Only SCJ that never was challenged on her opinion.

One of the greatest to have served while protecting our constitution.

JohnEggGio

nolaegghead said:

...and they missed the opportunity to "Weekend at Bernie's" her for a few months...

Anyway, this is terrible beyond words regardless of the timing.

Hasn't this been happening for the last year?

Apologies for any appearance of disrespect to RBG.

frazzdaddy

A true American hero and the embodiment of" liberty and justice for all"

bicktrav

I don’t care what party you’re in, the hypocrisy of Mitch McConnell fast-tracking a replacement for RBG is nauseating. 

RBG was one of the greats. It’s a sad sad day. 

Eoin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

If Trump believes his poles and he has the biggliest lead and the bestest voters, why would he rush to confirm?  He says he will win, so throw the dems a bone and just nominate next year.  I do not see the big deal?

He knows where things are at, hence the siphoning off of campaign funds and concentrating on the election fraud argument. Our future in the UK is at stake here as well, Boris' wrecking crew depends on Trump support from the US.

Ozzie_Isaac

Have any of you seen the Handmaid's Tail?  I am pretty sure this is how it starts.