05-15-2024, 02:44 PM
I was thinking about this old chestnut: "RBG should have retired under Obama"
She would have had to retire during the first two years of Obama's first term to avoid McConnell. Her health was not actually dire then--she lasted another decade.
Even if he could not simply block the appointment for 6 years, McConnell could have forced Obama to appoint a moderate who might be bought with an RV or a fancy vacation or a real estate deal or to get a son out of a bind when the 5th vote was needed.
We talked about this before, but that last part, about influencing a Justice at a key moment with favors is a much more realistic scenario given what we have learned recently.
She would have had to retire during the first two years of Obama's first term to avoid McConnell. Her health was not actually dire then--she lasted another decade.
Even if he could not simply block the appointment for 6 years, McConnell could have forced Obama to appoint a moderate who might be bought with an RV or a fancy vacation or a real estate deal or to get a son out of a bind when the 5th vote was needed.
We talked about this before, but that last part, about influencing a Justice at a key moment with favors is a much more realistic scenario given what we have learned recently.