Ginsburg

In November 2013, Senate Democrats led by Harry Reid used the nuclear option to eliminate the 60-vote rule on executive branch nominations and federal judicial appointments, but not for the Supreme Court. This allowed the Senate Republicans to expand that to the supreme court in 2018. Normally Justices retired during the term of a like thinking president which Justice Ginsburg could have done in 2014 at her age 82. Reid could have expanded the 50 vote to include supreme court. Obama then could have replaced her with someone even more left than she. She could have spent her final years getting closer to her family and writing a memoir that would inspire young women. Many believe she chose not to do this under the assumption that Hilary would be the next president.