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> Not only did Obama fail to get RBG to retire when she could be confidently replaced by a liberal, he didn't take judicial placements in the lower courts as se
by busyant 11mo ago
> Not only did Obama fail to get RBG to retire when she could be confidently replaced by a liberal, he didn't take judicial placements in the lower courts as seriously as he should have. The courts are substantial part of how we got here.
I imagine there was a lot of complacency based on the (erroneous) assumption that Hillary Clinton would be his successor.
- UncleMeat 11mo agoIt does appear that RBG wanted to be replaced by a Clinton appointee and the Obama administration didn't push terribly hard to snap her out of this. This was, of course, outrageous foolish politicking and contributed to the mess we are in. RBG was a 75 year old cancer survivor in 2008. She should have stepped down in 2010 and the Obama administration should have put public pressure on her to do so.