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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm of the camp who believe she should have retired during the Obama administration.[b] I do not intend to demean[/b] her historical contributions to the court, including those during the Obama administration that would not have occurred if she had retired, but she had five cancer diagnoses and said she was going to work until age 90. Last year she responded to critics calling for her retirement essentially saying that Obama could not have gotten as good of a justice confirmed:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/18/rbg-fires-back-against-critics-who-say-she-should-have-retired-under-obama.html

It's hard to say if it was commitment to the cause, denial about her health problems and longevity, or selfishness. Either way now her entire legacy and all she fought for is it stake.
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I think it was very selfish[/quote]

But you are. You are also presuming to have better judgment than she, who had more knowledge of the situation than you an outsider.

Finally, being a Monday morning quarteback does nothing to fix the current situation we are in. How about using that energy towards something that is helpful now like vocally pressuring senators to abide by their words.[/quote]

I mean she had a calendar and knew how old she was. I think she did AMAZING things for women and is a hero, but she fumbled the ball and thought of herself when things mattered the most. She should have been unselfish and stepped down for her replacement years ago. [/quote]

Scalia died, that caught people by surprise. She probably would have retired under Obama, but Scalia passed, then there was a vacancy for almost a year. Of course she wasn’t going to retire so that there were two vacancies at the same time. The GOP’s obstruction was unprecedented, plus everyone assumed Hilary would win. So her staying on the court was not selfish, it was practically forced [/quote]

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