Sep 19, 2020
6 min read
A Court-Packing Primer
The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at age 87 has Americans simultaneously mourning the life of an extraordinary woman and strategizing about her replacement.
Republicans — within hours of her death — had vowed to replace her before a new president and congress could take office next year. Before 2016, this would have been unremarkable — when a Supreme Court justice needs to be replaced, the…
