The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020 has triggered calls by Republicans to fill her seat before the November 3 presidential elections. Professor Sahar Aziz analyzes the political implications of Senator McConnell pushing through a conservative Justice just weeks before the nation votes on whether to keep Donald Trump or elect Joe Biden as the new president. The stakes couldn’t be higher for the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court and the rule of law in the United States.
