Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The ideological balance of the nine-member court is crucial to its rulings on the most important issues in US law.
In 2016, Senate Republicans blocked Democratic President Barack Obama's pick for the US top court. At the time, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell justified the move on grounds that it was an election year.
But on Friday Senator McConnell said he intended to act on any nomination Mr Trump made.

Politics is about power and the wise and judicious use of that power. When Obama nominated Merrick Garland in March 2016 the Senate was controlled by the GOP 54 to 44 seats. There was almost no chance that Garland would be confirmed. Obama would have known that. Right now the President is a Republican and the GOP controls the Senate. Failure to use that power would be a political mistake.

One of Obama's more ironic statements ... "Elections have consequences".