I suspect that the reason the WashPo is running this article is to plant the idea that she should leave now, so Obama gets to name her replacement.
Better a 40-year-old liberal idiot, who can stay on the bench for another 50 years, than a 80-year-old liberal idiot, who has another ten years, at best.
+1.
And it’s not about a Dem getting to appoint a replacement, it’s about OBAMA getting to appoint one.
The last President to get three appointments to the Court was Reagan. There’s no doubt int mind that this story was pushed by the Obama crowd to pressure Ginsburg into giving Obama another seat to fill.