Is there a Hail Mary pass some prominent figure on the left could attempt, to give Democrats hope?
The 86-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has in recent years become the most beloved luminary serving in government to rank-and-file, left-leaning Democrats, even gaining a trendy new nickname, "The Notorious RBG." Her life was the subject of a $20 million successful Hollywood movie released on Christmas Day, 2018.
Thanks to her attractive personal background, Barrett is well-inoculated against the kind of personal attacks launched by Democrats against Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas.
So why not do anything that offers an outside chance of allowing Democrats to keep those seats? What is more terrifying to the left than the prospect of a 7-to-2 conservative, originalist majority on the Supreme Court for more than a generation into the future? For one thing, there is little question the Roe v. Wade decision that has allowed nationwide abortion-on-demand for nearly a half century would be overturned by such a future court.
Trump has proved himself a maestro in goading Democrats, but the RBG Maneuver might turn the tables and goad him into a major miscalculation; the wise thing for the president to do might well be to wait until after the election to choose a replacement for Ginsburg - but can anyone imagine this president holding back on the opportunity to make a Supreme Court appointment?
What's more, even if the nomination went perfectly smoothly and Trump successfully replaced Ginsburg with Barrett, or another Federalist Society-vetted dream-come-true nominee for conservatives, Democrats might find a way to use that Trump win to turn the tide against him between now and November.
Democrats right now see a bleak road of defeat ahead, so they may have nothing to lose.
https://issuesinsights.com/2020/02/10/the-democrats-notorious-rbg-maneuver/
The 86-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has in recent years become the most beloved luminary serving in government to rank-and-file, left-leaning Democrats, even gaining a trendy new nickname, "The Notorious RBG." Her life was the subject of a $20 million successful Hollywood movie released on Christmas Day, 2018.
Thanks to her attractive personal background, Barrett is well-inoculated against the kind of personal attacks launched by Democrats against Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas.
So why not do anything that offers an outside chance of allowing Democrats to keep those seats? What is more terrifying to the left than the prospect of a 7-to-2 conservative, originalist majority on the Supreme Court for more than a generation into the future? For one thing, there is little question the Roe v. Wade decision that has allowed nationwide abortion-on-demand for nearly a half century would be overturned by such a future court.
Trump has proved himself a maestro in goading Democrats, but the RBG Maneuver might turn the tables and goad him into a major miscalculation; the wise thing for the president to do might well be to wait until after the election to choose a replacement for Ginsburg - but can anyone imagine this president holding back on the opportunity to make a Supreme Court appointment?
What's more, even if the nomination went perfectly smoothly and Trump successfully replaced Ginsburg with Barrett, or another Federalist Society-vetted dream-come-true nominee for conservatives, Democrats might find a way to use that Trump win to turn the tide against him between now and November.
Democrats right now see a bleak road of defeat ahead, so they may have nothing to lose.
https://issuesinsights.com/2020/02/10/the-democrats-notorious-rbg-maneuver/
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