1. Ginsburg, a Jew, recognizes Obama is a Muslim.
2. She’s lost her husband, her best friend in Scalia, and most of her friends and co-workers. She loves the law and her role, particularly in defending the 4th Amendment.
3. She’s not as frail as people think. She’s looked this way for 30 years.
4. She fell asleep. Law and scholarship are rigorous, tiring, memory-tasking, definitely not 9-to-5 jobs. Every word must be the right one. A judge I knew said in his verdict: Words are not fungible.
5. After Trump gets his pick approved, he should put Roberts on the carpet and ask his resignation. Make Thomas Chief Justice and appoint the youngest conservative to replace Roberts.
I don’t know what most of that means, but Roberts has a lifetime appointment. The chief justice essentially does nothing more than assign which justice (their clerks) write the majority and minority opinions on cases. He has no power, particularly.
You can’t replace Roberts unless he retires.