• inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Bernie is 83 and still very active, of course he doesn’t see the wisdom in asking the 70 year old who is otherwise in good health to step down. This isn’t the same situation as the late 87 year old Ruth Bader Ginsburg who was constantly in and out of the hospital.

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      That’s not the problem; the problem is there’s no guarantee that you’d get the Senate to approve a replacement in time.

      Now that Manchin and Sinema are on the way out, what incentive is there for them to approve a Biden appointee to SCOTUS, especially with a particularly vengeful GOP administration coming in?