First, a quick comment on Tuesday’s January 6 Select Committee hearings. Cassidy Hutchinson was a compelling witness. Barely twenty four at the time of the attempt to overthrow the 2020 elections, Hutchinson had a frankly astonishing degree of influence as a top aide to the White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows. That House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy would call Hutchinson on the afternoon of the 6th to insist that *she* stop the President from coming to Capitol Hill reflects the extraordinary position she had come to hold in our government.
When historians look back at the decline of SCOTUS and erosion of democracy in America, they should consider the date June 28, 1991, when Thurgood Marshall resigned under Bush. Had he held on like RGB, Clinton would have chosen his replacement (Marshall died Jan. 24, 1993). Then there'd be no husband of the insurrectionist Ginni Thomas, Gore would have become president and Roe v Wade would be safe and sound today. But the die was cast, and we have to pray that enough Americans will wake up in time to save the country in 2024, if not this fall, which feels like a pipe dream.
When historians look back at the decline of SCOTUS and erosion of democracy in America, they should consider the date June 28, 1991, when Thurgood Marshall resigned under Bush. Had he held on like RGB, Clinton would have chosen his replacement (Marshall died Jan. 24, 1993). Then there'd be no husband of the insurrectionist Ginni Thomas, Gore would have become president and Roe v Wade would be safe and sound today. But the die was cast, and we have to pray that enough Americans will wake up in time to save the country in 2024, if not this fall, which feels like a pipe dream.
Very clear argument. Thank you!