https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ruth-bader-ginsburg-seat-republicans-justin-haskins
I sympathize with those senators who have made promises in the past and wish to honor them. Honesty is, of course, important, and honoring promises under difficult political circumstances is a rare trait in Washington, to say the least.
However, the Republican senators who made promises not to fulfill Supreme Court seats close to an election have a more important duty than upholding political promises made in days, months or years past: ensuring that the rights of all Americans are protected. They can do that by filling Justice Ginsburg’s vacant seat with a constitutionalist who will promise to faithfully interpret the Constitution in line with the intentions of those who passed it into law.
The senators who pledged not to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat under the present circumstances should never have made those promises and if they are forced to pay the price in November for making foolish, irresponsible commitments, then so be it.
The smart choice would be to find a liberal constitutionalist. But as the title of the post notes, power is more important than integrity. By putting another hard line conservative into the empty seat, Trump ensure that even if the GOP loses the election big, the Democratic government that follows will remain constrained.
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