If progressives are blaming the over-turning of Roe on "establishment" Democrats, I suggest they

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15. Thank you, John SJ. And the idea that Roe v Wade went down under the Democrats "watch"

is laughable.

Roe v Wade went down in slow motion, beginning with Ruth Bader Ginsburg's decision not to heed the many liberal voices asking her to step down in Obama's first term, when Obama was able to get Kagan and Sotomayor confirmed. At the age of 81, she'd already had two cancers, including pancreatic cancer, but she said she didn't want to retire then because she didn't think Obama would confirm anyone better than she was. (Apparently Kagan and Sotomayor weren't good enough.)

In the final year of Obama's second term, McConnell refused to confirm Merrick Garland, which gave Trump the opportunity to quickly appoint 2 Justices. Then in Trump's final year, Ginsburg died, giving Trump the chance to appoint the nauseating Amy Coney Barrett.

If Obama had been able to appoint a replacement for RBG in his first term, when many were urging her to step down, then the vote to overturn Roe v Wade would have been 4 - 5, not 5 - 4.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a message for liberals who have been saying the 81-year-old should step down while Democratic President Barack Obama is in office so he can appoint her successor: Who are you going to get who will be better than me?

Referring to the political polarization in Washington and the unlikelihood that another liberal in her mold could be confirmed by the Senate, Ginsburg, the senior liberal on the nine-member bench, asked rhetorically, “So tell me who the president could have nominated this spring that you would rather see on the court than me?”

The real question we should have been asking: What's the worst that could happen if Obama can't nominate someone to fill RBG's seat? Now we know.