Obama should have forced RBG to retire in 2013. He should have kept bugging her about retiring until she gave up and did so.
Wouldn't it be seen as an affront, if a prez tries to push a SCOTUS justice into retirement? Of course, Mr. Trump wouldn't care, but such a norm breaking would backfire against a traditional prez.
RBG made a huge misscalculation because she anticipated HRC, who recommended her appointment to her husband, would be elected in 2016 and replace her.
I don’t think the public would care. LBJ would have found a way to force her to retire.