George Rebane
Justice Ginsburg was a great lady and a great jurist. Her record speaks for itself. The paeans to her accomplished career have already started, and deservedly so. As most readers know, I did not share her social and political orientation. Nevertheless, I can say that she was from the age when Democrats and Republicans still believed whoever the American electorate voted into office, that they were then the legitimate holders of that office and deserved to serve without the other party launching a campaign of subterfuge to sabotage their term and malign their character.
So with 46 days until the election, now starts a whole new political battle over her successor. The choice and timely empanelment of the new appointee to fill Justice Ginsburg’s seat will be a critical requirement, since it is almost certain that SCOTUS will have a hand in determining November’s outcome at more than one level. And for those rulings we need a full court that cannot be irresolute.
My own preference is that President Trump immediately puts forth an appropriately vetted and qualified conservative jurist, and that Majority Leader McConnell gets the Senate to hold hearings and give its imprimatur to the new justice with all prudent haste.
rebanesruminations.com 
Leave a comment