<story><title>Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>awalton</author><text>McConnell says you never replace a Supreme Court Justice in an election year.&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#x27;s see just how long it takes him to release a public statement going back on that one...</text></item><item><author>atonse</author><text>As much as I respected and admired RBG, even she would’ve known it’s at best a wish and nothing else.&lt;p&gt;If things weren’t so polarized, they absolutely should spare no time in replacing the seat, as is their duty. But we know it’ll be yet another cynical and dishonest process as it was last time.</text></item><item><author>adzm</author><text>&amp;gt; According to her granddaughter Clara Spera, Ginsburg said, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;briantylercohen&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1307101417522561025&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;briantylercohen&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;13071014175225610...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wilg</author><text>&amp;gt; Mr. McConnell and his allies say the two situations are different. Where one party controls the Senate and the other the presidency, as in 2016, they say, vacancies should not be filled in a presidential election year. Where the same party controls both the Senate and presidency, they argue, confirmations may proceed.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;18&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-dies-at-87.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;18&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;justice-ruth-bader-gin...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>awalton</author><text>McConnell says you never replace a Supreme Court Justice in an election year.&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#x27;s see just how long it takes him to release a public statement going back on that one...</text></item><item><author>atonse</author><text>As much as I respected and admired RBG, even she would’ve known it’s at best a wish and nothing else.&lt;p&gt;If things weren’t so polarized, they absolutely should spare no time in replacing the seat, as is their duty. But we know it’ll be yet another cynical and dishonest process as it was last time.</text></item><item><author>adzm</author><text>&amp;gt; According to her granddaughter Clara Spera, Ginsburg said, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;briantylercohen&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1307101417522561025&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;briantylercohen&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;13071014175225610...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gamblor956</author><text>He already has, in a talk at the Federalist Society last year, where he said that if given the chance to replace a SCOTUS justice in 2020 he would not hesitate.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;EDIT: And again, just over an hour ago, McConnell promised that he would have a vote on a new justice within a week of receiving the nomination.&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, Murkowski of Alaska announced she would not support confirmation hearings until after the election.&lt;p&gt;And in other related news, Senate Democrats have promised to add seats to the Supreme Court if they win the Presidency and Senate in November and McConnell goes ahead with his plans...&lt;p&gt;The next few months are going to be exciting.&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>