02-13-2016, 09:36 PM
(02-13-2016, 09:32 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I agree the current POTUS and Senate should vote on a nominee, but the situation here is unique.
For instance, I heard where it has been over 80 years since a SCJ was appointed in an election year
The recently passed SCJ was the first sitting SJC to pass in a generation.
Ideally SCJs would step down when the political climate was conducive to electing a similar-minded replacement, but this SCJ may have been trying to hold on until a change in POTUS.
Makes you wonder should Ginsberg have stepped down about 3 years ago.
What they ought to do is convince RBG to retire as part of a deal to appoint both a conservative and a liberal justice. People often but Roberts as a conservative, but he is truly a swing, which is best for the court. 4-4-1.