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In reply to the discussion: To those who argued it was wrong to suggest RBG should have retired under Obama... [View all]Demsrule86
(68,456 posts)have retired. I imagine she wished she had at some point It is not an attack on her to say that...I certainly respect her right to do as she chose, but now we face a 6-3 court and this could impact the presidential and Senate races as well.
We need to start thinking practically and consider how we can win and be in a position to make policy. There is nothing wrong with this way of thinking and it does not diminish Justice Ginsberg. You know what would diminish her? if we lose everything we fought for these 50 years...we have some judges who believe Brown was decided wrongly and of course we are likely to lose Roe and as the mother of a beautiful Gay daughter, I am terrified when I consider what could happen.
We could lose Lawrence VS Texas which was decided in 2003. We could see the return of criminal sodomy laws, state law banning interracial marriage and we could lose policy dating back to Roosevelt (Medicare, Social Security ETC ) as well as the ACA and any sort of health care.