Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away. Feeling quite teary. What an incredible incredible women she was. A true inspiration.

2020 really is a cursed year.
RIP wonderful woman.

OH dear :(

this appeared in my Twitter feed but I didn't realise what it meant. RIP RBG.

Very sad to hear - she was a great woman.

Sadly I don't think it would make any difference if she had lived til after the November election, as I'm pretty sure Trump will get a second term. He shouldn't, of course, and I would be very happy to be proven wrong, but I don't think I will be.

Truly worrying times. :(

McConnell is already saying he's determined to get new Supreme Ct Justice in ASAP, certainly before January. That is true tragedy here. RBG was great lady who did terrific things, she had good innings. But the legacy of the 6:3 conservative:lib balance on the Supreme Ct will affect judgements for a generation or longer.

I just woke up to this news, very sad indeed.
If it’s at all possible, Trump will get someone elected into her place before the presidential election. For America that may well mean that Biden will not become president, because any litigation surrounding the election will now be decided by a much more conservative Supreme Court.
The future looks rather bleak from here - I really hope that I am proved wrong, but this feels like the beginning of a dystopian novel....

Looking at the Legislative Calendar...
Definitely can't get new justice installed before 3 November.

Makes little difference if Trump wins again. But, If Dems turn the Senate or even just generally trounce the Republicans across the board, it will be weird if the Senate pushes thru an arch conservative in Nov-Jan window, anyway. They might manage to do it anyway, but will lose a lot of political capital.

I half wonder if Roberts or Thomas or both could then do the honourable thing & retire to allow appointment of 2 new 'liberal' justices after January and restore balance to the court. Would be the most decent thing Thomas ever did. Stranger things have happened recently.

Such sad news

RIP RBG

Watch Trump try to crowbar in an hard right replacement