Thanks a lot, Justice Ginsburg

[BlueDemKev]

You could have easily stepped down in 2013, when the Democrats still had control of the Senate. Pres. Obama could have appointed another justice with your ideals who was young and would have kept your seat in liberal hands for the next few decades. Now, the Senate is controlled by the same assholes who would lije for you to be replaced by another Samuel Alito or Clarence Thomas. And if the Repuucans recapture the White House in 2016, that's exactly who will replace you.

We, and our children will be paying the price for you stubbornness for the next half-century. How could you, Justice Ginsburg?

[sketchy]

1. Thanks Justice Ginsberg for doing the smart thing and staying

[vi5]

2. The Democrats controlled the Senate?

Could have fooled me.

[merrily]

30. DUzy!

[riqster]

31. This.

[wryter2000]

3. They would have filibustered

And it would have been 5 - 3 on the Court

[rurallib]

36. yep - heard that would be their strategy should Ginsburg resign

Plus there were enough half assed democratic senators that I wouldn't bet an Obama nominee would get a positive vote anyway.
Plus it is not a given Obama would nominate a true liberal.

[FBaggins]

38. And that would have given us anoter issue to run on this year

The President could have piked an attractive replacement and force republican senate candidates to say how they would vote on him/her if elected.

[TDale313]

4. I genuinely do thank her...

And I think it's ridiculous anyone would criticize her for staying. She's been amazing.

[merrily]

29. +1 She's serving her country, and doing so admirably

[sharp_stick]

5. The pukes would have filibustered

any and all Obama SC appointments. The filibuster changes that the Dems forced through earlier specifically did not include SC appointments.

She made the smart move, knowing that the only hope for a better SC is in waiting until after 2016 when the pukes will have to defend far more Senate seats.

Now if we can convince the Democratic party to get off their collective asses and run decent candidates she may be able to prove her point.

[BlueDemKev]

6. They could not have filibustered for...

... 3 1/2 years and leave a vacancy on Supreme Court for that long! It would have been a PR disaster for the Rethugs, especially since Obama's approval ratings were decent in them the following his re-election.

Even if we do well in 2016, we at best wi have a VERY slim Senate majority. What makes you think the Rethugs wouldn't try to use the filibuster then?

[Retrograde]

8. I think you underestimate people like

Ted "If I Can't Do It My Way I'll Stop Everybody Else" Cruz and Rand "Look at Me" Paul: I can see them holding out until one of them is president.

[BlueDemKev]

11. They would have needed 41 out of 45 of their senators...

... to do that. Unlikely that many Republicans would have held out for 3 1/2 years over it with all the bad PR.

[1StrongBlackMan]

13. 50+ votes to repeal the ACA ...

Not a single republican vote for a single Democratic measure ... More crazies in the clown car ...

I think you under-estimate/have misread the modern gop.

[BlueDemKev]

17. Not for 3 1/2 years

There is no way they could have justified filibustering for that long. Folks like Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Orrin Hatch, and blue staters like Kirk and Toomey would have eventually broken ranks.

[riqster]

32. I think you have an overly optimistic view of Repub thinking.

The numbers don't support such an assessment.

[AverageJoe90]

40. I doubt either of these two nitwits would actually win.....

Without election fraud that would absolutely dwarf that in 2004.....but then again, given the strange world we live in, perhaps that's not impossible, either.....

[Mz Pip]

23. And she knew that

She is far more aware of what a SCOTUS nominee would be up against than most of us.

[sharp_stick]

37. m'kay sure n/t

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[Recursion]

24. Reid removed the filibuster on judicial appointments a year ago (nt)

[takakupo]

25. But

Not for supreme court justices. Filibuster is still in effect there.

[Fearless]

7. She'll be fine for another two years

Let's stop calling for her demise.

[BlueDemKev]

12. Are you kidding??

I hope she lives to be 100. But the fact is she is an 82-year-old cancer survivor with an extremely burdensome and taxing job. Thurgood Marshall held out as long as he could waiting for a Democratic president, but ultimately his health forced him to step down.

[tgards79]

15. And what if we lose in 2016???

She should have stepped down in 2013. It is too important to let personal pride get in the way. Anyone who thinks she is pursuing a strategy other than her own desires is kidding themselves. As is anyone who think the odds of getting a liberal justice to replace her are somehow higher now than in 2013.

The irony is, it is her own incredibly admirable legacy that she has put at risk.

Justices should have a mandatory retirement age. Say, 75 or 80.

[Fearless]

18. Can you change the past?

I can't. So I won't spend the present and the future worrying about the past. I will work toward electing good people in 2016.

[TBF]

9. ...

[brooklynite]

10. Well! I was wondering when we'd find another target to beat up on...

DWS only gets you so far.

[Hortensis]

14. I admire her greatly, BlueDemKev, and am glad she is on the Supreme Court.

[BlueDemKev]

16. I am too, but...

...I just want to be sure that some o e like her replaces her on the bench, not a Samuel Alito.

[Hortensis]

19. With you entirely as worst case, but optimistically hoping she'll be leading our own group of four.

[JoePhilly]

20. Burn the witch!!!!

[demwing]

21. Hope this is satire

If it's not, it's embarrassingly stupid, perhaps the most embarrassingly stupid thing I've read all year.

[politicaljunkie41910]

22. I wish her good health. I hope she stays on the SC until she takes her last breath.

Even if she never writes another of her well written, telepathic, truth telling, opinions. I wouldn't care if she were sitting comatose on the bench, she can stay until we can be sure, that the next SCOTUS justice is a progressive.

[bravenak]

26. This is stupid.

[longship]

27. Nope!

[merrily]

28. Thank you, Justice Ginsburg for your leftist voice on a near insane SCOTUS.

[riqster]

33. Thank you, merrily, for this post.

[Live and Learn]

34. Wow, after all that she has done for us, you treat her like this?

Shame on you.

I am quite certain that she is doing what she thinks best for all of us, just like she always has.

[Sheepshank]

39. agreed....

I'm pretty sure she is enough of a smarty pants to have figured out the options and the imperatives of replacing her position. Maybe she's even talked with Obama and strategized. She has been vocally disappointed in some recent SC decisions and realizes for sure what is at stake. Staying on, is no game it's a strategy.

[Gothmog]

35. Some of The Notorious RBG's recent dissents have been amazing