Mike Luckovich for May 12, 2021

You can see why.

Sometime in the next 16 months would be fine. So, then we can have 5 new justices.

Is it bad for me to think that the admirable Justice Ginsburg should have chosen to retire well within Obama’s term of office?

We don’t need another RGB or Merrick Garland in 2022.

We could always expand the court

All in good time ( soon I hope )

What is the man waiting for?!

He may be waiting until Ketanji Brown Jackson gets some experience on the DC Court, so she can replace him. I’m still disappointed in his vote in UT vs Strieff in which he allowed crooked cops to harass citizens with illegal stop and frisks. Justice Uncle Thomas again stretched the nonsense from the Nixon-Burger Court that the exclusionary rule only deters police misconduct, instead of being the individual right against unreasonable search and seizures.

It probably makes me a bad person. But if he doesn’t retire during Biden’s presidency (preferably while Democrats have congress), I think he should be excoriated. A good legacy isn’t just about what you do during your time…part of your legacy is preparing for when you aren’t going to be around anymore.

May a baby be named for him. Soon.

appointments for SC should have a random element . . .as they kind of did under the articles of confederation. . .it needs to be less partisan

Best idea I’ve heard is the current number of justices (9) with 18-year terms, each expiring in an odd-numbered year, so each president would get 2 appointments per term. How to get from here to there? Starting in 2023, retire the longest-tenured one each time a new appointee is due.

FWIW, religious affiliation of the Supremes: 7 Catholics, 2 Jews, 0 Protestants, 0 Muslims, 0 Hindus, 0 Buddhists, 0 Confucians, 0 Mormons, 0 Sikhs, 0 pantheists, and (big surprise) 0 atheists.

Not going to lie, it feels kind of selfish to remain on the bench at such an age hoping a Democratic controlled WH and Senate will be in control when one’s age finally catches up with them. Instead that level of arrogance has led to a 6-3 Conservative SCOTUS that could become 7-2 if McConnell gets his way in 2022 and 2024.

It’ll be interesting to find out exactly what Trump blackmailed Kennedy with . . . Kennedy never would have done a favor for the Dear Leader