“Her replacement will be nominated, voted upon and settled in before the Republican National Convention. And she won’t be the only one. Mark my words.”
I think that as soon as she leaves, you will see Breyer retire, or perhaps vice versa. Because once Trump gets either one of them replaced, the other will know that for them, the jig is up. There will be no way back to a Marxist SCOTUS for them! And then you have Sotomayor, who has problematic Type One Diabetes. She is 64, but will not be another 80 YO justice. The cards are just not there. The other problem for Trump will be getting Justice Thomas to retire so he can save that seat. He is currently the longest serving Justice at 27 years (Ginsberg and Breyer are only 25 and 24 respectively even though they are a lot older). Hopefully, Thomas won’t do to Trump and the R’s what Ginsberg did to the RATs. So at the minimum, Trump should get four more appointments, and that makeover of the SCOTUS will be his crowning achievement. Now, if we could only get something on Roberts and force him to resign!
There is definitely something out there on Roberts. The Democrats found it and got his vote on Obamacare. I suspect it has something to do with adoption of his kids.