Editor,
Put all politics aside, a very special woman who spent her whole life trying to bring what was right to the people of the United States has died. She is anything but forgotten. She struggled with cancer for many years and for the last few she fought it hard so her replacement wouldn’t be a political statement.
On her dying bed her last request was not to be replaced until the election was over and whoever won would replace her. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg earned the right to make a decision on her replacement so for once let’s put politics aside and respect the wishes of a woman that gave so much of her life for the United States. The timing is wrong, her replacement should not be a part of this election.
Robert A. Nice
Redwood City
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Since when does a Supreme Court Justice get to request a delay in their replacement or thinks that they own a seat on the bench. Only liberal Democrats think this way and Republicans will show them that is not the case by replacing RBG in record time. As Barack Hussein Obama told John McCain after his victory in 2008, "elections has consequences John". At lease the 44th president was right one time in his life. The old lady just tried to keep power for too long, should have given her seat up when Obama was president with a Democrat Senate if she was so concerned about politics, as she clearly was.
Chris, elections do have consequences which is precisely what the R's fear. They could not produce a replacement healthcare package or infrastructure improvements in four years, but suddenly they have time to railroad a SCOTUS pick. 62% of Americans want the election to decide the pick. Nearly all R's in 2016 thought the will of the people was paramount. Now, not so much. This is power grab based on fear period.
Rel: At least the somewhat brighter Republicans realize that their period of unlimited, entertaining power is over, - if the election is held in a fair and square manner, - without foreign influence and their own usual tricks and voter suppression. And of course, Trump should be very worried! Even he, in his self-aggrandizing fake admiration of himself, realizes that jail may be waiting for him when he loses the next election. And, who would be dumb enough to vote for him again? Oh, yes, I do know, - the gullible and easily fooled who have a hard time learning even the simplest things.
Jorg - I almost fell out of my chair. There are brighter Republicans? Has that hot place frozen over? Are you feeling OK?
Dirk: Of course, there are brighter Republicans, bright enough to see right through shallow Trump! You don't think so? As a matter of fact, I have a long time Republican friend, with essentially the same education as me, who declared that in his wildest dreams, he couldn't sink so low that he would vote for someone like Trump! So there you have it.
The same healthcare package developed by an MIT professor who thinks the American people are too stupid to figure out healthcare? The same healthcare program that was supposed to allow us to keep our doctors? The same healthcare package that was designed to lower premiums? Now we have a presidential candidate and his running mate who want to extend unlimited healthcare (we're not talking about emergency care for someone who needs it) to anyone who crosses an open border?
Ray, the same healthcare that covers 22M not covered previously and supported by an overwhelming number of voters. The same healthcare the R's were going to "repeal and replace" with no real plan in four years. "Who knew healthcare would be so complicated?" indeed.
Chris, everyone else here debated each other with civility. You failed.
Firstly, Mr. Conway was the first to post a comment, so he wasn’t part of any debate. Secondly, anytime TDS-infested folks, like yourself or Jorg, are involved in a thread, it’s highly likely it won’t be civil. Thirdly, review your reading comprehension lessons before making an inane comment.
Infected, you are, as in you're laughable TY.
Hello, Robert
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a very special woman who spent her whole life trying to bring what she thought was right to the American people. Her struggle with cancer seemed to me to be a way she could hopefully contribute to a replacement with political beliefs like her own. As a result, it's difficult to "put all politics aside" as you have suggested.
I don't know who will win on November 3, but that person will have earned the right to nominate replacements to the Supreme Court... There there is a person who has already earned that right... Donald Trump. While any justice leaving the Supreme Court for whatever reason can say who they would like to see replace them, no justice has ever earned the right to meaningfully participate in the replacement process. Why? There is no such right.
I understand your position. You would like to see Justice Ginsburg's replacement named after the 2021 inauguration. I disagree with your position.
Thanks for a thoughtful letter.
Ray, you know who also earned the right to name a new justice to SCOTUS? Obama, but he was denied because "the people should have a voice in the decision", a position shared on the record by Graham, Grassley and others. Now, when it is even more logical to wait a short while, suddenly the "choice of the people" does not matter. This is hypocrisy at its worst.
Hey, Rel
I mentioned yesterday... after seeing how the Democratic Party senators conducted themselves at the Kavanaugh hearings, the people did speak. They tossed out Democrat senators in Florida, Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota giving the Republicans a clear majority in the Senate. Those are the senators who will either say yes or no to Donald Trump's nomination.
I'm just wondering when the Democrats will come out and say why they are really objecting to filling the vacancy before the 2021 inauguration... they want to protect Roe v Wade. And if Joe Biden gets to nominate a jurist in 2021, you can bet that nominee attended the Planned Parenthood School of Law.
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