The dear lady, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, will now be able to retire feeling upbeat about her legacy

[CTyankee]

on the court, her job well done!

And all of us here can breathe a lot easier knowing that if just one of the conservatives on the court has to leave for whatever reason, we will have a much better court with another Obama appointee.

The good stuff about this election never stops to occur to me...

[Liberal Veteran]

1. I hate to see her go, but all good things must pass.

She has been one hell of a bulwark against republican crap.

[AnnaLee]

2. Yes, I too don't want to see her go. But I don't understand how anyone gets confirmed.

I know that Senate operational rule changes must take place prior to the first session but I don't understand how the filibuster can be fixed with the current numbers. Does anyone know how this can happen?

[brewens]

3. I'm going to eventually post at Freeperland "BREAKING CNN: Scalia announces retirement!"

That just to bait them into clicking on my farewell EAT SHIT post! I've been lurking and thinking I could do a little trolling there for a couple years. My heart was never in it so I'll go out in a blaze of glory! At least a few people will see it before RimJob rips it down.

We can only hope Scalia and may even "Uncle Thomas" have to step down. It's a long four years, you never know. I can see Obama appointing moderate judges that deserve the job, not going all out for young liberals that I would like to see. That's fine with me. You could have counted on conservatives demanding young right-wingers from Romney, and they would have gotten them too. We dodged a bullett there for sure.

[cilla4progress]

4. Who else might we see retiring from the S Ct

this term?

[Supersedeas]

5. Especially, when compared to the legacy left by Sandra Day O'Connor

So much more class and dignity--such integrity on the bench will be difficult to replace.

[suffragette]

6. I will miss her greatly, but you make a good point about breathing easier about her replacement

In addition to another Obama appointee, we have new Senators like Elizabeth Warren in a place to confirm.

[CTyankee]

7. Yes! Plus our new Senator replacing Joe Lieberman, Chris Murphy!

He and our Senator Dick Blumenthal, plus Kerry and Warren makes a powerhouse of liberals from our two neighboring states!

[suffragette]

8. That is also very good news

Well done in CT!
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell from here in WA to work with them.