Liberal supreme court justices Ginsberg, Breyer, Sotomeyer, and Kagan replaced liberal justices.

[nkpolitics1212]

White,Blackmun,Souter,and Stevens were highly liberal justices.
When justice Scalia died, Republican US Senators blocked Obama from picking Scalia's replacement because Scalia was a highly conservative justice and they wanted a highly conservative justice to succeed Scalia.
When Democrats regain control of the US Senate in 2019 and Ginsberg steps down. Schumer-D should keep the Ginsberg seat VACANT until the next POTUS- hopefully a Democrat is inaugurated.

[andytheteacher]

1. Totally

The RBG seat is the fight we must win. I'd much prefer to let Kavanaugh through so it's not a boy who cried wolf scenario when it's truly life and death.

I'd settle for Merrick Garland from a GOP president for the RBG seat.

[Sophia4]

2. No to Kavanaugh.

The Republicans prevented Obama from appointing a Supreme Court seat that became vacant during his term.

The Republicans cheated.

The Republicans cheated.

The Republicans cheated.

Now they want to maintain a balance of conservatives and liberals on the Court that they artificially created.

The Republicans cheated.

The Constitution does not require that the number of conservatives and liberals on the Court remain constant.

The Republicans cheated.

[Initech]

7. Shout it from the fucking rooftops!!!

The republicans cheated!!!!!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

10. Who said anything about RBG stepping down ?

It certainly wasn't her. She has said she is NOT going to retire anytime soon. She knows what is at stake and has made it very clean that she is not going to vacate and give trmp another seat to fill.

[Calista241]

3. why would RBG step down? n/t

[nkpolitics1212]

4. RBG is 85 years old. Is she in good health to remain in office until 01/20/2021?

[Calista241]

5. I find it difficult to believe she'd willingly step down with Trump appointing her successor.

Even if the Dems have control of the Senate (which is a long shot, but is the best outcome we can hope for), and they allow Trump to appoint someone, it'll be a compromise candidate.

[AlexSFCA]

6. I hope she won't step down until we have a dem pres

She never indicated her intent. I think thomas will be the next to retire.

[nkpolitics1212]

8. When we have a Democratic President(1/20/2021) we should have a real life Pelican brief on

Thomas.

[dsc]

9. White was liberal on race and some other issues

but he was no liberal on abortion or gay rights to name two big issues.