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Ginsburg’s Death Leaves Eight Justices to Deal With the Election

Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, said that, for better or worse, the court was able to step in to resolve the dispute in the 2000 election and ratchet down tensions, while similar involvement in this year’s election would only further inflame things, especially with an eight-member court. But given the number of potential problems in November, she said that may be inevitable. “They’re going to take a hit,” she said.

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Trump Rush to Fill Seat Draws Supreme Court Into Political Mire

“It’s a difficult time and a very perilous time I think for the court in its legitimacy,” said Barbara Perry, a presidential and Supreme Court scholar at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.

Barbara Perry

McConnell’s strategy to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The death of the courageous Supreme Court justice could have far reaching consequences for the US, as President Trump & Republicans try to move quickly to fill her seat. Barbara Perry is interviewed.

Barbara Perry

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death will Affect the Battle for the White House

Professor Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, and Sahil Kapur, national political reporter at NBC News, discuss Ginsburg's legacy and how her death could change the trajectory of the election cycle.

Barbara Perry

Ginsburg Expected to Lie in Repose at the Supreme Court

A two-day public commemoration would be somewhat out of the ordinary — Justices Antonin Scalia, William J. Brennan Jr., John Paul Stevens and even Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist all lay in repose for one day, said Barbara A. Perry, the director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. Justice Warren E. Burger lay in repose for only 12 hours.

Barbara Perry

Ginsburg’s Death Reshapes the 2020 Presidential Campaign

"It's another layer of uncertainty and polarization layered upon this unprecedented time of pandemic, economic collapse and racial unrest, as if that weren't enough, and with all three branches of government involved and in a crisis mode," says Barbara Perry, professor of political science and director of presidential studies at University of Virginia's Miller Center.

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