The Trump administration is already searching for someone to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – and his supporters are jubilant about the possibilities.
Ginsburg announced in December that she had surgery to remove two cancerous growths from her lungs. Earlier this week, she missed oral arguments for two days at the Supreme Court, the first time she has missed courtroom arguments in her 25 years on the court.
This is the third type of cancer the 85-year-old judge has had. She is also a survivor of colon and pancreatic cancers, and she has a stent in her right coronary artery.
After her pulmonary lobectomy, her doctor said that there was “no evidence of any remaining disease.”
According to a White House source who talked to
Politico, the Trump administration “is taking the temperature on possible short-list candidates, reaching out to key stakeholders, and just making sure that people are informed on the process.”
“They’re doing it very quietly, of course, because the idea is not to be opportunistic, but just to be prepared so we aren’t caught flat-footed,” the source said.
According to four sources, the White House has told conservative organizations like the Judicial Crisis Network and the Federalist Society to get ready for a noisy confirmation battle.
Republicans still hold a majority in the Senate.
If Donald Trump gets to replace Ginsburg, the Supreme Court would have six conservative judges and three liberals. Any liberal decision would require two conservative judges to break ranks.
Rightwing conspiracy theorists, including the infamous
Jacob Wohl, accused her of supporting pedophilia. This is a lie that has been debunked by
Snopes.
Source: lgbtqnation.com, Alex Bollinger, January 11, 2019
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