tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post3149793007552110827..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: A cheer for Ginsburg, and a wish that she retired in 2013EliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-5283975182911215512020-09-19T23:21:39.188-04:002020-09-19T23:21:39.188-04:00Brian, given the workload the Supreme Court needs ...Brian, given the workload the Supreme Court needs expanding to 17 or even 19 justices in total. <br /><br />This has the advantage that no one appointment affects the results that much. David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914145623997712113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-20033949863227113582020-09-19T12:24:31.494-04:002020-09-19T12:24:31.494-04:00Be vewy, vewy, quiet. Don't say a word... Let ...Be vewy, vewy, quiet. Don't say a word... Let them screw this up.<br /><br />In addition to being untroubled by calls for consistent policy, Senate Republicans and Donald Trump have certainly taken an overdose of stupid pills–not for the first time, of course.<br /><br />Imagine if Trump, Mitchell and Lindsey Graham were to announce: ‘In keeping with how we treated the nomination by Barack Obama of Merrick Garland, we will allow the next president to nominate the next Supreme Court Justice.’<br /><br />What a motivator for the Trump base.<br /><br />One marvels at the hypocrisy along with the stupidity.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12747117922597525042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-28571430404448364982020-09-19T08:15:34.423-04:002020-09-19T08:15:34.423-04:00And dear God, I sure hope the Democrats win in Nov...And dear God, I sure hope the Democrats win in November. This is America's Germany-in-1933 moment. If we don't defeat Trump now, we will be stuck with a permanent one-party, fascist dictatorship in the US. Only there won't be the prospect of a world war for us to be defeated in, so it will go on into the foreseeable future, or at least until global warming collapses civilization.Barton Paul Levensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630802738456749652noreply@blogger.com