A Supreme Fight

Published September 25, 2020 10:30am ET



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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87 after a decade-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Perhaps during any other year, we’d be focusing on RBG’s legacy and her advocacy for women’s rights and gender equality, but this is an election year. And with Justice Ginsburg passing with just 46 days until the presidential election, the debate over President Trump nominating and confirming her replacement has already reached a fever pitch in Washington. For the GOP, filling the seat before the election is of the utmost importance with historical precedent. For Democrats, not only do they want to have the next president fill the vacancy, they’re calling the GOP hypocrites for their actions in 2016, threatening to pack the courts and abolish the filibuster, and even impeaching President Trump again. Who has history on their side?

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