This is what the Democrat/Left fears more than anything ... the impending loss of one or two radical justices on the USSC.
“This is what the Democrat/Left fears more than anything ... the impending loss of one or two radical justices on the USSC. “
There’s a funny thing about the Supremes. They are, for the most part, well past their best-by. If the liberals on the court were concerned more about policy and liberalism than about personal aggrandizement, they would have resigned while Obama was president and that would have assured someone even more to their left would be seated in their place. Instead, they all hang on to “power” until they are taken out of office on a stretcher.
Likewise, a truly conservative president would give up his last year or so of an eight year term to his VP, providing the VP was willing to run for president. That would greatly improve the VP’s chances of getting elected. If every conservative with two terms did this, then it might keep the presidency conservative for decades to come.
But we never see that sort of thing as people who get into power would rather die than give it up. (And, certainly there are valid arguments against a president doing this. But I sincerely hope that conservatives on the court don’t dare death when they are in their eighties like RBG has.)