If the Dems hold the senate it would be great if Sotomayor retired.
She’s tied with Alito as the worst (most transparently partisan) justice. And she’s 68 and morbidly obese. If Biden is replaced by a two term Republican, she’d be pushing 79 when that 2nd term ended, the same age our last morbidly obese justice was when he died.
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I don’t understand why she needs to step down because she is not as thin as you would like.
If actuarial longevity matters so much in who should be selected, then there should be no more men nominated. Women live longer than men.
As for RBG, the problem isn’t that she didn’t retire. The problem is that the Republicans stole the Scalia seat, and Dems nominated Terrible Candidate Hillary. Can’t blame that on RBG.
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Without opining on Sotomayor, it was clearly a mistake for RBG to hang on. She was over 80 and had survived cancer colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, and the placement of a stent. Sticking around was a stupid, unnecessary risk to take.
She was a giant of a human being, but that has never insulated anyone from making really poor decisions due to self-interest.
Does anyone belief that, had RBG retired, McConnell would have allowed Obama to replace her?
Obviously depending on when she had chosen to retire, I have my doubts. I think he would have claimed the same crazy logic that he used to steal Scalia's seat.
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Originally posted by Nina: Does anyone belief that, had RBG retired, McConnell would have allowed Obama to replace her?
Obviously depending on when she had chosen to retire, I have my doubts. I think he would have claimed the same crazy logic that he used to steal Scalia's seat.
Not if she had retired when the Dems had a majority. (Which, as you say, is the when.) That was when it was in the best interests of the country for her to retire.
People can say that’s hindsight, except it was being said out loud at the time.
