RBG Noooooooooo! :(
 

the streets are going to erupt in violence, get ready

this is going to be the match thrown into the powder keg

Good thing the President is a soothing steady hand on the tiller. /s

Of course the contingency plans to replace her are being activated now. It's the two minute drill of SCOTUS packing. Hut. Hut HIKE!

He (trump) will have a pick by next Friday, if he doesn't have one already.

In 2018, my daughter and I went to see RBG in the theater with a group of other moms and daughters. I didn't know much about RBG then. It was inspiring. We were both in awe of what this woman did, what she achieved, what an amazing attitude she had. Legend.

If Trump loses the election, he'll still have time to nominate himself for Supreme Court Justice and for the Senate to confirm him... to serve there for life.

I loved how she picked her battles so carefully, incrementally demonstrating how the law discriminated on the basis of gender, and taking cases with both male and female plaintiffs to really ram the point home.

It would be a nice time for the remaining Justices to get together a statement requesting that Trump and his cronies postpone a nomination.
Oh, but Thomas and Kavanaugh.

Justice Stevens already declared Kavanaugh unfit, and he was voted in anyway. A statement from the existing Justices wouldn't mean shit.

What's actually happening on the ground, by the way, is women are starting to stockpile the Plan B pill, on the assumption that Roe v. Wade may be overturned in the coming years.

That's what they get when they choose to let a Supreme Court legislate from the bench through its interpretation of the Constitution and its protections rather than Amending the Constitution to eliminate multiple interpretations. They don't complain about it when it works to their advantage even if some have to stockpile the Plan B pill or others have to stockpile ammunition. That's why they maintain the status quo. It may not be what they deserve; but, it's what they bargained for. Can you imagine if the women's right to vote was based on a Supreme Court decision rather than an Amendment. Complacent is as complacent does.

This was smart in a number of ways. One of which is popular opinion was allowed to keep pace. Now that we're in a place where the Supremes are out of touch with a fair percentage of the population Justice Roberts sensibly is trying to moderate the decisions.

And the bleat goes on...

Why, is it cold there? We could crowdfund for a heated blanket and slippers for you...

Bunny slippers?

The banner from SCOTUSBlog.com...

The margin for McConnell in the Senate to get Trump's SCOTUS nominee appointed is narrowing. There are 53 Republican Senators and two of them, Collins of Maine and Murkowski of Alaska, have indicated that they will not vote to seat a new justice before the election.

That leaves 51 Senators for McConnell. It's possible, even likely, that Romney of Utah will not vote to confirm a new justice in this circumstance, bringing the total to 50. As we all know, Pence is the President of the Senate. In the case of a tie, he is permitted to vote.

What other Senators will put country before party / defect (depending on the color of your bubble)?

I heard that President Trump is going to nominate ‎Kim Kardashian to SCOTUS to win over supporters of POTUS candidate Kanye West.

May the better half win.

So a man with no sense or value gets to choose a replacement for a woman with a surplus of both.
Backed up by a Senate with a majority of butteads with a fitting leader.

no you didn't.

Opposites attract... the universe has a sense of humor... go figure.

Did so. :p:

So, not Romney.

Before the election. IE, Collins doesn't want to vote in an anti-choice justice until it's too late for her voters to do anything about it, either way.

First woman to Lie in State at the Capitol. still breaking the barriers posthumously