This scenario, the passing of RGB and the wreckage it leaves behind, might be a surprise to some but it was predicted by many of us during the last presidential campaign as the principal worry and the main reason to get your ass out there and vote. The loss of the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary has always been in play and we keep under-estimating the will of these jokers to play by any means necessary.
Right now we're fighting a rearguard action on this. Let's hope that Trump's list that includes maniacs like Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, and Jeanine Pirro is just red meat doggerel. Hopefully, Trump will be compelled to appoint a woman and that will probably be Amy Barrett who is at least legally well qualified. But-for her religious baggage there really wouldn't be any objection to her in normal times.
Putting her on the Supreme Court, which, realistically speaking is our best shot at maintaining any level of overall political sanity - and kind of maintains the integrity of our highest court - packs the Supreme Court with seven Catholic jurists, at least four of whom are extreme religious zealots.
Everyone needs to take their colander and use it to put out their hair; it's on fire. This is a shock. It's a terrible loss. Mitch McConnell is despicable. The whole thing is hypocritical.
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Put this angst to some constructive use. Send money, call politicians, sign petitions, whatever makes you feel good. But I don't have a lot of faith in any of that. (I do send money.) I don't want to go all Mother Jones but, don't mourn organize. Finish paying your respects to this fine lady and then get out there and show you really mean it. Call your local party office and volunteer to do some work. That will be the best tribute.
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