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madamesilverspurs

(15,798 posts) Mon Jul 19, 2021, 04:26 PM Jul 2021

SCOTUS footnote

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SCOTUS footnote (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Jul 2021 OP

Her legacy is Amy Coney Barrett BGBD Jul 2021 #1

Ginsburg didn't give us Trump FBaggins Jul 2021 #2

Oh I do. BGBD Jul 2021 #3

BGBD

(3,282 posts)

1. Her legacy is Amy Coney Barrett

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Original post)

Mon Jul 19, 2021, 04:48 PM

Jul 2021

No matter what else she did in her life.....choosing not to retire with Obama and control of the Senate was one of the worst decisions in the history of the nation.

Even worse, Breyer seems to want to emulate her.

FBaggins

(26,721 posts)

2. Ginsburg didn't give us Trump

Reply to BGBD (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 19, 2021, 05:33 PM

Jul 2021

I was one of the louder advocates for her to retire when we still controlled the Senate during the Obama presidency... but that's going way too far to say that her mistake there outweighs all the good things that she did.

Why not blame Clinton for losing? Or the voters who didn't show up?

BGBD

(3,282 posts)

3. Oh I do.

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 19, 2021, 07:07 PM

Jul 2021

Clinton's campaign was run terribly.

But that doesn't excuse RBGs knowing she had a history of poor health and not retiring when a liberal successor was assured. She should have assumed the President to follow Obama would be a Republican and a bad one at that.

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