Aristocracy
The Supreme Court vacancy allows the rest of the citizens--and the world--to watch the politicians in all their glory. It will be a crash course on all the problems built into us that the Constitution tries to protect us from. Mendacity, vanity, arrogance, hypocrisy, lust for power will all be on parade while the presumed watchdog, the Press, doesn't bark.
Some, feigning morality and fair play, will urge the Republicans to give up their advantage for the larger, better cause. Usually they would--from weakness, not sensibility--but probably will not this time, certainly to the high-minded criticism of their predatory opponents. But one small thing appeared in the growing discussion that is indicative of the whole, rotten mess. Ms. Ginsburg made a dying wish that the vote on her successor be withheld until the new President is sworn in. As if the seat were a legacy. Something to bequeath.
Hers.
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