Our Supreme Court lifetime appointments are made by the Political Presidents at the time of need. Our head Senator Republican Mitch decided that Obama should wait for his appointment but quickly appointed two of Trump's choices . Now with the sad death of Ruth will they wait till the election is over to appoint another Justice to the Supreme Court? If it is any consolation, we already have a history in rulings that even Trump's appointments have some ethics, morals and integrity despite Dictator Donald's wishes for everyone to do as he pleases. The lifetime appointment of educated Justices can make a difference.
The Supreme Court has done a lot to recover from Disastrous Donald and have made decisions not based on politics but on solid debate and judgement. Trump's appointments Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh have both voted against Trump's wishes in the tax returns case. Chief Justice John Roberts and Neil Gorsuch voted in the Title 7 Case about whether or not LGBT workers are protected in the workplace with discrimination laws. Chief Justice Roberts joined the four appointees by Democratic Presidents to strike down the DACA Program that Trump tried to pass to send them back to countries they have never known. Chief Justice Roberts famously cast votes to save Obamacare. So even if Trump succeeds in making another appointment before the election, there is hope that an educated justice will do the right thing in decision making despite the political pressures.
It would be completely inappropriate for Trump to nominate a successor to Ruth so soon but he is the epitome of inappropriateness all the time. Never forget that in 2016 the Republicans didn't even give Obama's chosen appointment Merrick Garland a hearing after many months of waiting. The Democrats are completely in the right to want an increase in Justices to the Supreme Court to create balances in representation of this country. Time should be taken to hire someone worthy of our highest court. If yet another conservative is appointed there will be eight of them that could ruin voting rights, abortion rights and civil rights if the wrong prejudicial person is appointed as Trump is. We need someone to expand rights and not restrict rights to our people.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at 87 years old. She graduated number one in her law school class at Columbia University's School of Law in 1959 but was unable to get a job as a Supreme Court clerkship because she was a woman despite being highly recommended for the job. She became a law professor. President Carter appointed her to be a Federal Judge. In 1993 President Clinton appointed her to the Supreme Court making her the second woman Justice ever in America. She also found the time to be the wife of her law school classmate and the mother of two children. Since then she has fought and won for women's rights in the workplace. She was consistently as one of the high court's moderate to liberal members believing that "We the People" in the Constitution meant all the people of this country and not just wealthy men.
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