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Title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she wants to stay on SCOTUS another five years
Post by: dpareja on August 05, 2018, 09:44:50 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/29/flaming-feminist-ruth-bader-ginsburg-five-more-years-supreme-court

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced a week ago that she plans to spend at least five more years on the US Supreme Court.

Personally I bet she resigns as soon as there's a Democratic President with a Democratic Senate majority.
Title: Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she wants to stay on SCOTUS another five years
Post by: ironbite on August 05, 2018, 10:10:57 pm
So 5 years right?
Title: Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she wants to stay on SCOTUS another five years
Post by: dpareja on August 05, 2018, 10:55:46 pm
So 5 years right?

I can't really see a scenario where the Democratic candidate for President wins in 2020 without having a Democratic Senate majority, unless the GOP stalls the blue wave this year.

Probably the only seat I could see the Democrats losing in 2020, assuming their Presidential candidate wins, is Alabama, and I could see them picking up Colorado and Maine at least. (Though that latter really depends on Collins' future career plans. There was some talk that she'd make a gubernatorial run this year but obviously that didn't happen.) Kentucky's a possibility, mainly because of how incredibly unpopular Mitch McConnell is.