High Court nominee in Trump’s hands

"You can guess my takeaway: Pray for the health of RBG — and of the republic."

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Opinion

July 29, 2020 - 8:16 AM

WASHINGTON, DC - Feb. 24: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg arrives in the House chamber before Barack Obama's first address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

The news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being treated for a recurrence of cancer is striking terror in the hearts of liberals. As long as she is physically able, the resolute, gutsy Ginsburg will stay on the Supreme Court until there is a Democratic president and a Democratic majority in the Senate. But what if, in the worst-case scenario, Ginsburg’s health forces her out before President Donald Trump’s term in office is over? Worried liberals have been asking me if there’s anything Senate Democrats can do to prevent Trump from getting a third Supreme Court pick in his four…

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