Justice Ginsburg's death leaves the US Supreme Court under a cloud of uncertainty as it prepares to begin a new term in 2 weeks, with questions about how some of the major cases on the docket — including the fate of Obamacare — will be affected.
If Roberts, who has voted in the past to uphold the law, sided with the liberals this time, that 4-4 tie would leave the lower court ruling in place, which declared the law invalid., asks the justices to decide whether there's a religious freedom exception to non-discrimination laws.
One of Ginsburg's closest friends, Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio, reported that a few days before her death, the justice gave this statement to her granddaughter:"Because the winner of the presidential election won't take the oath of office until Jan. 20, her dying wish seems unlikely to be fulfilled.
If the election is a close one, and some state results are disputed in court, those legal battles might still be raging. In 2000, the country didn't know whether the next president would be George W. Bush or Al Gore until the Supreme Court decided the Florida recount case in mid-December.
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