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In reply to the discussion: When should RBG have stepped down? [View all]
FBaggins
(28,677 posts)10. Yes it would... just not as fully
Roberts did not vote to overturn.
But if Roberts' opinion had been the ruling of the court... very few here would have agreed that Roe had not been overturned.
It would not have been as comprehensively dismantled, but there would be little left of it. The notion that the state could not interfere prior to the viability line would be gone.
But if Roberts' opinion had been the ruling of the court... very few here would have agreed that Roe had not been overturned.
It would not have been as comprehensively dismantled, but there would be little left of it. The notion that the state could not interfere prior to the viability line would be gone.
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Fair enough. And I believe you are correct. OTOH Some of them are blue checks
emulatorloo
Jun 2022
#28
Lot of people here too pushing the same thing even now, many of them long term members.
Lancero
Jun 2022
#66
I think OP is actually posting against revisionist history. Here's a quote.
emulatorloo
Jun 2022
#31
Disagree..she was smart, savvy and knew the repukes as well or better than anyone
PortTack
Jun 2022
#47
Agree...but still the dye was already cast. Even if it wasn't this bad, we needed a chance to maintain
PortTack
Jun 2022
#55
Yes she was. She suffered this illness for a long time. And she was old and courts matter.
Demsrule86
Jun 2022
#82
Before he lost the Senate, Obama nominated and the Senate approved Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Demsrule86
Jun 2022
#81
Not as liberal as her, no, but I'm sure there could have been a pro-Roe winner nt
sir pball
Jun 2022
#96
During Obama's first two years. She was already ill...she was a good person but all her work
Demsrule86
Jun 2022
#3
They might have wanted to, but having TWO seats vacant could have been different
karynnj
Jun 2022
#36
They couldn't block a nominee until the GOP won the Senate...she should have stepped down in
Demsrule86
Jun 2022
#73
Probably because twitterlandia and Reddit are on a tear about how "evil" RBG is and how it is
emulatorloo
Jun 2022
#12
You mean the political activist who was a surrogate for Nader, Edwards and Sanders who has
betsuni
Jun 2022
#61
This is Democratic Underground, a forum for supporters of Democrats, not Republicans or 3rd parties.
betsuni
Jun 2022
#64
We can't reform the SCOTUS. It is a separate but equal branch of our Government, we don't
Demsrule86
Jun 2022
#84
During Obama's first term definitely. I clearly remember all the discussion about this and
JoanofArgh
Jun 2022
#11
If RBG retired before the 2014 midterms, the 60 vote filibuster was in effect
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2022
#19
If Republicans filibustered a SCOTUS pick in 2014, I have no doubt Reid would have gone nuclear
tritsofme
Jun 2022
#26
The existence of the 60 vote requirement would have meant that Obama would have selected a moderate
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2022
#34
When should Mitch McConnell have stepped down? When should the entire Democratic Senate ...
Hekate
Jun 2022
#24
It is starting to seep into the talking heads & interviews with young political women on TV...
Hekate
Jun 2022
#39
She clearly should have retired before 2015, plenty of people said this at the time.
tritsofme
Jun 2022
#29
Yep. A good time might have been when the colon cancer returned. Or when it became metastatic.
keep_left
Jun 2022
#48
Exactly, I feel much more sorrow than anger towards RBG for how it worked out
tritsofme
Jun 2022
#54
I know that RBG is not the villain here...the GOP is the villain but I am still pissed at her
Demsrule86
Jun 2022
#74
It has forever changed her legacy. That is the truth...much of which she did and stood for
Demsrule86
Jun 2022
#75
Souter hated Washington and his attitude toward the court really soured after Bush v. Gore
Midwestern Democrat
Jun 2022
#101
It seems to have been a contributing factor in Breyer's choice to retire when he did.
Crunchy Frog
Jun 2022
#93
I just posted this because it's more than RBG not retiring that got us to this place
Buckeyeblue
Jun 2022
#98
I thought, at the time, that she should have stepped down before the 2012 election.
Crunchy Frog
Jun 2022
#89
Jim Mora said it best. "Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Justice Ginsberg didn't know, much less anyone else
BunkieBandit
Jun 2022
#102