Adding to this. I see some resurfacing of the voices who felt she should have retired prior to 2016
It was on the rest of us to do our part..
..not for us to tell a woman (who worked 3-5x harder to get to her position than her peers on the same Bench) to leave early
She had a point.
“When that suggestion is made, I ask the question: Who do you think that the President could nominate that could get through the Republican Senate? ‘Who you would prefer on the court [rather] than me?”
marketwatch.com/story/ruth-bad…
#RBG was describing #gametheory here because she considered her move as well as all the other players’ moves and what the Nash equilibrium would be in the “prisoner’s dilemma” would the move being suggested to her really result in the outcomes others wanted?
We saw what happened over and over with every nomination. Take the highly accomplished #quality #safety #systemsthinking #PublicHealth guru @donberwick who created nonpartisan and highly respected @TheIHI
blocked & never confirmed
fiercehealthcare.com/healthcare/don…
We know about Merrick Garland but people ignore or are ignorant of this reality of lower court appointments blocked.
Similarly there was an infinite number of times they could have refused to confirm a new SCOTUS Justice.
brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/20…
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