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Another win for the republicans. What on earth is an 80 yr old 5 time cancer survivor doing on the court? Complete own goal, she should have retired in 2012. Great work but legacy is ruined, this will be a huge tipping point and it all could have been avoided if, instead of living in a fantasy where Hilary replaced her, she focused more on the cause and not on her own role on the court.

Democrats need to stop worshiping people who are setting them back. McConnell would have never let this happen. Breyer is 82, get his ass off the court. McConnell will appoint a new justice in the lame duck and if he does the court must be packed. No questions. It’s becoming clear Democrats are a false opposition and in fact are no real opposition at all. I want a justice who will vote with the left and who will retire or die under a democratic president, those are the best justices! She did so much for women and now has handed the seat to McConnell and the right, because she was arrogant enough to assume Hilary would win. She put her passions before the cause on the single most important issue before her while on the court, and now we have lost a seat to the right for a generation. Live long enough to see yourself become a villain. Kudos RBG, like the rest of the Democrats you got so gassed up with your causes you forgot you need to maintain power in order to do anything about them. There won’t be another RBG because it will be a 6-3 court, any leftists or women will be a token opposition. Fitting for any justice appointed by the Democrats I guess.

we really need to implement term limits. 200 years ago justices served for a few years as they had to physically travel the circuit in horsedrawn carriages and like smallpox was a thing. now they serve for the majority of their lives and they die at like 90

sure, you can pack the court. double it if you like, doesn't matter, but what's really important is to have around 20 year term limits. term limits removes the imperative to elect a president so that the liberal or conservative justice legacy is secured for 5 decades, instead, there is constant turnover of a few of them through each president

This has improved Trump's odds in the election. If it's contested in any way SCOTUS may be forced into a repeat of Bush v. Gore.

I was literally deflated yesterday after learning of this. This only improves the odds that this election will be bloody.

I like how I'm wrong but that your entire premise presupposes the Dems will win.

the GOP will put off the nomination, claiming until after a new president
this will then be a rallying cry -- reelect trump, then we can finally have the SCOTUS of our dreams. hold your nose and vote trump!

if they lose they will do it during lame duck anyway

SCOTUS might be needed to litigate the election. They will not wait.