The legendary Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, the second woman confirmed to the court after Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. She was a pioneering advocate for women’s rights and subsequently served 27 years on the nation's highest court, becoming its most prominent member.
Her loss is a disaster for the United States Supreme Court, the judicial system as a whole, and most especially for the citizens of this country. The Monster in the White House is going to try to appoint a replacement who will gut any and all social progress made in the last 50 years. With only a little over THREE MONTHS left to be in power, the Republicans are going to try to rush a nomination and confirmation, completely forgetting how they effectively blocked a vote on Obama appointee Merrick Garland, claiming that since Obama was an outgoing President, there was insufficient time to confirm a Supreme Court judge, even though the appointment was in March of 2016, a full NINE MONTHS before Obama was to leave office. We expect hypocrisy from them. In fact, just days before her death, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed." Unfortunately, the Radical Republican Agenda does not care about RBG's wishes.
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