Within hours of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, Democrats and Republicans began fighting over how to fill her seat — and when. The stakes are high because the Supreme Court is so important. It can invalidate any federal, state or local law by ruling that it violates the US Constitution.
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Charles Lipson is the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Chicago.
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