1) Hopefully RBG is fine and recovers quickly.
2) There is no reason a Justice potentially retiring would "break our political system" unless Democrats decide to destroy our whole system because they can't deal with the consequences of losing the last election.
2) There is no reason a Justice potentially retiring would "break our political system" unless Democrats decide to destroy our whole system because they can't deal with the consequences of losing the last election.
You can certainly argue for this, but there is no requirement that the Senate not take up a SCOTUS nomination on an election year. That's up to the Senate.
