# Ruth Bader Ginsburg's replacement nomination fight **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 25, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020 "2017-03-25T19:15:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020/241 "2018-11-09T16:23:49Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Possibly, if you take his quote out of context as you just did. But even then, there is no reason you have to extrapolate his statement beyond the issue actually being discussed. As it is, though, he was explicitly responding to this particular instance if you look at the preceding sentence in his post: > > “I think it would be a ridiculous move. We’ve got the majority in the Senate - use it.” > > Where “it” = “Suppose Ginsburg dies and Trump nominates Garland as her replacement.” But that ignores why we’re even discussing Merrick Garland. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020/242 "2018-11-09T18:38:39Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Updating this thread, more health problems: > > [https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-fractured-ribs-hospitalized/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-fractured-ribs-hospitalized/index.html) > > When you’re 85 recovering from broken bones takes significantly longer. Anyone have any theories as to how long she will be out–or if she will be forced to retire? She’s home; doing well; plans to work from the home office today. [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/415927-supreme-court-ginsburg-discharged-from-hospital-doing-well](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/415927-supreme-court-ginsburg-discharged-from-hospital-doing-well) As you were. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020/243 "2018-11-09T18:53:12Z")
My favorite sign at the Women’s March on Jan. 21, 2017 read, GINSBURG ORGAN DONOR. ---
**Author:** ![LAZombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b38774/32.png) [@LAZombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LAZombie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020/244 "2018-11-09T19:54:15Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > The clerks are not making any final decisions that I am aware of. I feel certain the other justices would never accept that. Will she be able to sit in on the oral arguments? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020/245 "2018-11-09T19:58:07Z")
My worry is that as soon as she’s replaced, the court’s evisceration of civil rights–for women, people of color, and workers–will be ruthless. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020/246 "2018-11-09T20:06:51Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > My worry is that as soon as she’s replaced, the court’s evisceration of civil rights–for women, people of color, and workers–will be ruthless. Nice punditry. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020/247 "2018-11-09T20:35:23Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > She’s home; doing well; plans to work from the home office today. > > [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/415927-supreme-court-ginsburg-discharged-from-hospital-doing-well](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/415927-supreme-court-ginsburg-discharged-from-hospital-doing-well) > > As you were. I hear rumors that this was all a stunt to get out of being at Kavanaugh’s investiture ceremony. Well technically, I’m starting that rumor. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020/248 "2018-11-09T20:52:55Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > My worry is that as soon as she’s replaced, the court’s evisceration of civil rights–for women, people of color, and workers–will be ruthless. Bravo. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020/249 "2018-11-10T12:55:32Z")
> [@LAZombie](#): > > Will she be able to sit in on the oral arguments? I do not know what the rules are. There have been justices who have been diminished far, far worse than Ginsburg has been who continued on the bench. That meant other justices and the US senate were content to let that be. If you think that is wrong that is fine. You can make an argument that old judges should be removed or impaired judges should be removed. I might even agree with you. But as it stands there is no mechanism to do that. Never has been. (Of course impeachment is always on the table but that is to remove anyone as opposed to removing someone for the specific reason of being impaired.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020.md?page=12)