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Right they just need to pick a former Alito or Thomas clerk who sees him or (maybe) herself as a mentee who'll carry on the legacy for 3 decades or more.

My thought has long been that the orange thing promised Aileen Cannon a lifetime SCOTUS seat if she'd just make that case go away, which she did.

Agreed, in part because Trump’s time horizon ends with Trump. The idea that he is capable of considering even the medium-term horizon isn’t exactly backed up by loads of evidence.

Define: "Better"

FWIW, mine is that they’re playing chicken with the other judges. “Go along with rigging the Senate elections or risk the Dems filling our seats”. Or they are just getting so old that they’re not thinking things through and don’t want to change their daily lives like RBG at the end.

When he loses Congress in a week, hes gonna rush to retire both and fill them with young toadies before January. Guaranteed

I can never consider the SC changeout from Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas without shaking my head. Among all the terrible things the Republican Party has done to America, that swap has to be one of the worst.

My fear is that there will be a financial inducement for them to retire when convenient as has happened with other justices.

My thought has long been that the orange thing promised Aileen Cannon a lifetime SCOTUS seat if she'd just make that case go away, which she did.

Emil Bove would be worse than either

Do t forget Aileen Cannon. She’s been auditioning for awhile.

Last chance to get Judge Aileen Cannon? Pathetically, they all would get confirmed by this senate. Even cornyn/tillis/murkowski/collins would in the end find a way to get to 50+1.

I cry to think of all of the sunk costs just going up in flames. How many more homes, RVs, and private jet flights would you have to shell out for just to own a new justice? And think of the confirmation! Sexual assault victims don't pay to silence themselves. A lot of real work goes into that.