This is a nice write-up about Levin. But I need his death to be a wake-up call to Democrats. Levin retired from the Senate in 2014, so the Dems haven't lost their slimmest of slim margins in that body. But there are a lot of old ones still there. While an accident or illness (or crazed Trump supporter) could claim the life of anyone, old age is just piling on the probability. Let's hope this is a reminder to them all that they have one chance to save democracy from the GOP, and they don't have any time to waste doing it. I'm not feeling optimistic.
And, while I'm on my soapbox, there is an urgent need for court reform, to include the Supreme Court. Holy cow, Breyer could well croak in a GOP presidency if Dems in Congress haven't done a thorough job on protecting voting rights, something that has to be done yesterday to avoid losing ground to GOP gerrymandered state districts. He's too fond of himself and his role as senior leftist on the court to retire during this probably short window of Dems holding the other two governmental branches to put the country first. And yes, that same thing applied to RBG. Her refusal to step down during Obama's presidency, even though her health was worsening, got us a 6-3 conservative court. Egos will be the death of democracy.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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