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    He’s an exceptional person, who should be treated as such, like RBG.

    The close friend of Scalia’s who opposed worker’s rights, indigenous rights, and held up the constitutionality of solitary confinement? The one who prioritized her ego over not giving Trump an extra SCOTUS pick?

    I have my criticisms of Bernie, but I would never put him in that category.

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      I wasn’t aware of those votes. I’ll look into them. Thank you for pointing them out to me.

      Her strong stance against gender and sexual orientation discrimination, and support for undocumented people as well as people with disabilities is why I mentioned her as an advocate for the people.

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        She also stayed on too long even when others were begging her to retire because Hillary Clinton wanted to pick her replacement. And then…