1/ Earlier this week and before Justice Ginsburg's death, judicial advocacy organization Demand Justice added 11 Black women to its Supreme Court shortlist.
The group's aim was to keep the high court in the spotlight.
Background from @AmandaBecker:https://bit.ly/3cbqtFE
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2/ New additions to the list included:
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley
Rutgers University law professor Elise Boddie
Fatima Goss Graves of the National Women's Law Centerhttps://bit.ly/3cbqtFE 1 reply 3 retweets 7 likesShow this thread -
3/ "Appointing a Black woman to the Supreme Court is the next and necessary step towards a truer form of democracy and ensuring that our unique experiences and perspectives are represented," said Kimberly Tignor, a Demand Justice adviser.https://bit.ly/3cbqtFE
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4/ As
@AmandaBecker reported earlier this week, an August 2020 survey showed that 66 percent of Biden supporters named Supreme Court picks as "very important" versus 61 percent of Trump's backers. Could the vacancy further mobilize voters?https://bit.ly/3cbqtFE1 reply 3 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
5/ A potential vacancy on the court had already become an issue in the 2020 election. Trump released his latest list of potential nominees last week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that Trump's replacement nominee would receive a vote on the Senate floor.
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6/ Since 1975, the shortest number of days that have elapsed between the nomination of a justice and their confirmation vote is 19, for Justice John Paul Stevens. The avg number of days between nomination and confirmation vote is 69.6, or about 2.3 months.https://bit.ly/32HxkDu
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7/7 Political implications of Ginsburg's death leave little room to mark her legacy or mourn her passing. It was a reaction the justice seemed to have anticipated. "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."https://bit.ly/32HxkDu
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