Punk Rock Art Corner: Stick A Fork In This Supreme Court, It's Done

"My most fervent wish is 

that I will not be replaced 

until a new president 

is installed."

<The final declaration

of U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Ruth Bader Ginsburg,

1933-2020,

as she dictated it

to her granddaughter,

Clara Spera>

"The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice.

"Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”*

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, 2/13/16, speaking from a long, long time ago...and a galaxy far away...

<*Unless you're a racist, power grabbing pr#ck. In which case, the "rules"...whatever those are, or whatever they mean...don't really apply.>

"I want you
to use my words against me*.
If there's a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs
in the last year
of the first term,
you can say Lindsey Graham said let's let the next president, whoever it might be,
make that nomination."

<Senator Lindsey Graham, R-SC,

staking out the GOP's

consistent inconsistency,

after Justice

Antonin Scalia's

death, 2016> 

<*DONE!>

<"It is common practice

for the Senate

to stop acting

on lifetime appointments

during the last year

of a presidential term,

and it's been

nearly 80 years

since any president

was permitted immediately

to fill a vacancy* 

that arose in a

presidential election year.">

<Senator Rob Portman, R-OH,

stating the obvious, 2016>

<*Unless we're in charge, 

of course. Then the rules change.>

<"It has been 80 years

since a Supreme Court vacancy

was nominated and confirmed

in an election year.

There is a long tradition

that you don't do this

in an election year.*"

<Senator Ted Cruz, R-TX,

laying the groundwork

for another 180-degree turn,

2/17/16>

<*Until we get a chance

to lob the hardball 

back in your court.>

“One of my proudest moments was when I looked at Barack Obama in the eye and I said, ‘Mr. President, you will not fill this Supreme Court vacancy.'" 

<Mitch McConnell drops the mask with a clang, and a thud: 8/06/16>

<In Memoriam, RBG: RIP
Remember In November:
The Reckoner>

<Stop The GOP 

State Capture Project!>