RIP to a gutsy little lady, a true inspiration. And I have to add in an appreciation of Sandra Day O'Connor who RBG also gave credit to as a pioneer in the placement of women into the Supreme Court.

As to the current fracas, it is politics in the raw. POWER. Mitch McConnell and President Trump are in their current positions, and they know it, precisely to take advantage of the situation that Mitch McConnell has engineered.

There is reason to hope: Not a few times the selection of a Justice has resulted in a person who does not jive with the expectations of the chooser. Also: while this is a matter of politics, there are still quite strong traditions of judicial equanimity or at least the appearance of such.

And again, to stay with the subject of the thread, Ruth Bader Ginsburg will remain an inspiration of a life well lived, not easy, but not supposed to be easy. One of those cases of someone with specific goals and concerns, the expansion of rights under the law to women, being an example to all humans. Making us Americans better at being ourselves and a little more conscience of how we can achieve that.