Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice appointed to the bench in 1993 by Bill Clinton, succumbed to pancreatic cancer, dying at the age of 87 and throwing an already historically chaotic 2020 presidential election into a tailspin of unknown proportions.

It goes without saying that the death of Ginsburg, a faithful public servant and feminist pioneer, is an absolute tragedy, and her repeated ability to beat bouts of cancer should be admired by all. In the already chaotic year of an unprecedented global pandemic, record-setting recession, and nationwide rioting, only her passing could fundamentally transform the dynamics of this race into one with the potential to become truly ugly in a way even now we cannot fathom.