What voters must remember, and what historians will surely highlight, is that a hijacked Supreme Court made this most consequential decision. But for the Republicans' chicanery in denying President Obama his right to appoint a Justice and the precedent- shattering rush to allow a defeated President Trump to name Justice Ginsberg's successor, there would not have been an ultra-conservative majority of Justices willing to destroy a "super-precedent" and to return women to the health hazards and diminished status of fifty years ago.
This unconscionable decision by an illegitimate court mandates a remedy that should include altering the structure of the court or imposing term limits on Justices. It should also impel voters to insure that, going forward, there will be a Senate majority committed to upholding the rule of law.
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