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Amy and Barbara, You've Got the Power - Do You Have the Integrity?

Regarding the new crisis manufactured by our malevolent mischief-making President over replacing Justice Ginsburg, and his lie this morning that Ginsburg didn't dictate her dying wish to her granddaughter: We're all treating the likely nominees, Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa, as silent puppets with no will of their own. It is being assumed that they will mindlessly accept the nomination if offered. Out of respect for a great woman justice and out of self-respect, I as a feminist expect them both to decline to become Trump pawns and to decline the nomination if offered before the election. This is why feminism has brought them to this crucial point in American history, made sure they could get into law school, and fought so they could practice law and rise to their high stations. They now have the opportunity to cut through the male power-maneuvers, amorality and lies and to demonstrate what real judicial integrity is, acting for the good of the country. I hope they sp...

Concerned Women for America Feels Sheer Dread at a Twitter Grandma, Lies about Nominating a New Justice, Projects Its Insecurities about all the Money Koch Gives It, and Rolls up its Sleeves for Battle with the Unhinged

Here is Penny Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America, in an article for Fox News dated September 19, 2020, one day after Justice Ginsburg's death ( https://www.foxnews.com/.../ruth-bader-ginsburg-death... ): "At first glance, they [Democrats] are making the demand that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell apply the rule the Senate used to put a hold on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. Only they know that rule does not apply in this case. "That procedural rule stipulates that, when an opposing party to the president holds the Senate, no Supreme Court confirmation should be confirmed during a presidential election year. "The reasoning behind it is that the people have spoken both in selecting the president and in giving the Senate to the opposing party, so they should consider that and decide which way to go with the nomination in the election. "That is not the case now. America elected Donald J. Trump as president (largely on his pledge about t...