IF Ginsburg (86) and Breyer (80), well, pass away, this July/August...

[Blue3]

IF

Ginsburg (86, survived colon cancer and pancreatic cancer, recently got stent in her artery)

and Breyer (80),

well, pass away, this July/August... well.............................................................. what then?



God forbid, for their sakes and their families, but it is a possibility... so what then?

[BudgieForce]

We all drink Cool-aid with rat poison in it..../s

What do you think happens?

[Blue3]

We all drink Cool-aid with rat poison in it..../s

What do you think happens?

How would the midterms go?

What changes might we see in the courts for the next few decades?

How would Republicans react?

How would Democrats react?

Would Trump pick moderates?

How would you feel about it?

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Then, the Dems will pack Crts to 13 in 2021 or 2023 when 2016 GOP class that should of lost, will lose

[Rookie Yinzer]

Screw Ginsburg for not retiring in 2013.

[junior chįmp]

Ginsburg and Breyer are a disgrace for not retiring when they had the chance. Breyer will probably make it but considering nobody in his family lived past 70, hes on borrowed time

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

She said she expects Clinton to have won and have a new Justice to replace Scalia, and have a liberal Crt. But, it didn't happen

[UncleSam]

Then the court will take a decisive rightward turn for generations. And marriage equality / roe v wade would be in actual jeopardy.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

RUH ROH

[HagridOfTheDeep]

No big deal. Clinton was just as bad as Trump.

[Zaybay]

......Then we all panic.

In all seriousness though, I would not worry about it. Based on the info we have at the moment of me writing this, it appears the senate will have a composition of 48-52 in either direction. This all but guarantees that the senate will fall to the Democrats in either 2018 or 2020. This means that the two justices would have to live for at least 2-3 more years. If Trump is elected again, then the senate will dig its heels in. If not, then the justices will be immediately replaced.

I would not worry about the two justices. Their current condition is great, and justices have access to some of the greatest healthcare and medical treatment we currently have.

[Devout Centrist]

I’m sure most white women will love a Supreme Court that overturns PP v Casey. So much winning!

[Inmate Trump]

If this happened, the Bernie Bros who wouldn't get on board with Hillary will still whine about how it isn't there fault, and then they'll deflect by blaming the DNC.

[7,052,770]

Each president should appoint a justice on their inauguration day rather than when one dies. The number need not be set at 9 or anything else.

Right now its luck as to which presidents appoint how many justices.

[pbrower2a]

8-1 decisions on issues of economics and human rights, predictably endorsing a high-tech version of feudalism in which class privilege is the highest of all purposes in human existence and all else is subordinate, with Sonia Sotomayor as the sole dissent... those dissents being widely admired and the decisions themselves deprecated almost everywhere else.

Of course USSC decisions under the Trump-endorsed Court majority might be so incompetently written that they would have holes practically inviting nullification at the first opportunity. The idea that capital has precedence over all else (the Trump position) or that the partisan advantage established under GOP legislation to deny voting rights or even meaningful choice  to 'untrustworthy' people (perhaps laws requiring people to vote as their employers dictate, or state laws disestablishing the Democratic party) is to be enshrined.

The nightmare of single-Party government that we might never shake off except in a revolution or the wake of a defeat such as those of the fascist powers after World War II  is an ominous possibility.

[Cashew]

Ginsburg and Breyer are a disgrace for not retiring when they had the chance. Breyer will probably make it but considering nobody in his family lived past 70, hes on borrowed time

[Fuzzy Bear]

Ginsburg and Breyer are a disgrace for not retiring when they had the chance. Breyer will probably make it but considering nobody in his family lived past 70, hes on borrowed time

It's a tradition for SCOTUS Justices to die with their boots on.

Do we want an "apolitical" SCOTUS?  Or do we want a politicized SCOTUS with Justices who agree with us and will be Judicial Activists in the direction we wish them to be.  And, to be sure, the "conservative" SCOTUS Justices are equally activist; Citizens United is one of the rankest pieces of Judicial  Activism in my lifetime (although Roe v. Wade takes the cake on that).

If the acceptable norm is a politicized SCOTUS, with Justices EXPECTED to follow the dictates of those that appointed them, then let's be honest about that.  In that case, Ginsburg and Breyer WERE wrong for not resigning on the day Obama took office.  But a better solution might be to limit the terms of SCOTUS Justices, with no possibility of reappointment.  I would advocate a Constitutional amendment limiting a Federal Court appointment to 10 years at each level and no more than fifteen (15) years on the SCOTUS.  That's plenty of time to provide for institutional memory and for a spirit of adherence to Stare Decisis without having Justices remain on the Court until they are 95 years old, senile and incontinent.  (And we've had that in our history; Mr. Justice McKenna being an example.)

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Beautiful hysteria. Maybe liberals will just leave here forever in fear and turn America into a paradise.

[wesmoorenerd]

Beautiful hysteria. Maybe liberals will just leave here forever in fear and turn America into a paradise third world country.

Because everyone knows rural Oklahoma is the driving force behind our country's culture and economy, right?

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Ginsburg and Breyer are a disgrace for not retiring when they had the chance. Breyer will probably make it but considering nobody in his family lived past 70, hes on borrowed time

No big deal. Clinton was just as bad as Trump.

I’m sure most white women will love a Supreme Court that overturns PP v Casey. So much winning!

Well most white women voted for Trump a few weeks after a tape came out with him bragging about sexual assault, so that wouldn’t be the most surprising thing in the world

If this happened, the Bernie Bros who wouldn't get on board with Hillary will still whine about how it isn't there fault, and then they'll deflect by blaming the DNC.

Beautiful hysteria. Maybe liberals will just leave here forever in fear and turn America into a paradise third world country.

Because everyone knows rural Oklahoma is the driving force behind our country's culture and economy, right?

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

I am honestly surprised none of the deplorables have assassinated Ginsburg or Breyer.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Beautiful hysteria. Maybe liberals will just leave here forever in fear and turn America into a paradise third world country.

Because everyone knows rural Oklahoma is the driving force behind our country's culture and economy, right?

Well, the activists sure don't have jobs filling up their days. The wealthy Trumpeters make the world keep spinning.

[Progressive Pessimist]

We hope that Canada agrees to take any alienated Americans, like myself. Alternatively I would finally be okay with a California secession decision. Seriously, this will not be...and kind of already isn't a place for people like me anymore. Let the right have the country and let them deal with the monstrosity that they created. Maybe they'll grow to miss us and admit we were right all along. At that point I will laugh in their faces and give them the finger.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Screw Ginsburg for not retiring in 2013 or 2014.

As for Breyer, there's no reason to think he will die soon.

[President Johnson]

Both should have stepped down in 2013.