• zeppo@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    She does have Type 1 Diabetes though, which unfortunately means an average mortality of 10 years earlier than someone without it. Of course, that’s just an average.

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, but someone with her level of health care and ethnic background? She’s got a good 11 years left before it’s a problem.

      So we need to make sure the 2032 election goes to a Democrat and the Senate that year too. ;) Roberts will be on the block around then as well.

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        3 months ago

        We can argue actuarial tables all day, but the point is that replacing Sotomayor with a younger liberal justice has zero downside. It’s as close to a free lunch as one can get in politics.