party leaders are terrified of a repeat of the 2020 debacle when Ruth Bader Ginsburg died during the first Trump presidency after resisting overtures to step down when an Obama administration could offer a like-for-like ideological replacement. Instead, Trump's choice of Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett sent the court lurching further to the right.

They're not wrong but I seem to recall that Democrats were unable to get a liberal judge put on the Supreme Court under obama.
#2 | Posted by Tor

GOP had the majority at the time.

McConnell said it would be inappropriate to put in a new justice when Obama only had a year left in his term. Of course, that didn't stop McConnell from ramming ACB through four years later when Trump only had a couple month's left in his term. Almost like McConnell just says random words and does what he needs to do to accomplish his goals. Dems could learn a thing or two from him.

Right now Dems have control of the Senate and they're unlikely to get that control back in the next couple elections, so this may be the only shot Dems have to get a justice confirmed in the next ten years, if not longer.

#6 | Posted by Phir_Milengus

That's some funny stuff!

Now how about coming up with something that actually protects the rights of 340 million Americans instead of setting the stage for a 7-2 talibaptist SCOTUS?

How, exactly, is having a Woman of Color on the Supreme Court incongruent with this goal? I think you need to check yourself.
#11 | Posted by Phir_Milengus

You're a comedian, right? Great stuff, really!

no big deal and certainly not some shady thing..... I listened to a blog discussion where some conservatives were saying the same thing concerning Thomas and Alito.
#17 | Posted by shrimptacodan

Difference being that it appears conservatives seem to be more willing to make sure they win (like Kennedy retiring), while Dems are caught up in ego (like RBG refusing to retire when the going was good, Breyer putting up a fight before finally resigning at age 83, and Sotomayor refusing to call it quits).

Doing whatever it takes to come out on top. Say what you will about the tenets of MAGAts, at least it's a ethos.

In an interview on "Meet the Press," [Bernie] said it would not be "sensible" to ask Sotomayor to step down while Biden is still in office.
#25 | Posted by LauraMohr

I don't think it's sensible," Sanders said, without elaborating on his position further.

Sonia should retire early April next year. So she can enjoy the spring weather.

Oh do STFU CENSORED. Your track record as of late on being correct has been abysmal.
#27 | Posted by LauraMohr

Correct about what? The election? I never made any predictions, given the stupidity of the American voter, but I said from the get-go that I didn't think Black-Indian woman Kamala was going to win. The only hope I had was that Dems would keep the House. And it was only that, a hope.

But you think senile-Biden had a chance after he defecated himself on the debate stage for 90 minutes on national television? You don't have to take my word for it.