Possible Ginsburg replacements if she retires?

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I think Obama will have pretty much free reign to nominate a replacement for her if she leaves. She's liberal enough that you can't push the court too hard to the left.

The only credible names he probably couldn't get confirmed was her replacement are Harold Koh (would rule based on international law rather than US law), Debo Adegbile (ties to Mumia), and Eric Holder (many problems, plus likely too old).

The Republicans have bigger fights to pick than a tit-for-tat replacement.

Now if Kennedy was to retire, Obama likely couldn't get any liberal-leaning judge but Merrick Garland through as a replacement.

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Can anyone seriously maintain that if a Justice (any Justice) were to pass over the next two years, the GOP wouldn't just force Obama to leave the seat vacant until the next Administration?

I think the GOP knows that to raise a stink over an equally liberal replacement for a very liberal justice would just make them look like petulant children, and they probably learned their lesson after the shutdown.

There's likely going to be the votes from the moderate wing of the party to allow a reasonable choice through.

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Isn't Thompson the guy who completely ignored sexual abuse cases in the Hasidic community?

He just took over this past year from the guy you're thinking about, Charles Hynes.