It should come as no surprise that political party viewpoint is paramount to both Democrats and Republicans.  Thus it should come as no surprise that Mitch McConnell, the head of the Republican controlled Senate now says he would fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy in 2020.  

Furthermore he said, “What can’t be undone is a life time appointment to a young man or woman who believes in the quaint notion that the job of the judge is to follow the law. That’s the most important thing we’ve done in the country, which cannot be undone.”

I’m speechless.  We should all be horrified.  The sad reality is that two of the current Supreme Court justices who are “liberals” and their likelihood of dying in the next two to six years is significant.  Mitch McConnell will have the opportunity to change the Supreme Court for a generation and there is not a damn thing we can do to stop that change.