” Roberts is Kennedys replacement. “
Huh?
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Huh? Roberts is Kennedys replacement.
He means that Kennedy was the swing justice, the 5th vote if the Democrats are going to win on an issue . . . and now that is Roberts. Were RBG to leave the bench, its far from clear who would be considered the swing vote, since it would take Roberts (in the posters telling) and then a fifth vote on top of that. And victories for the anti-constitutionalists would become much less frequent.