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Old 09-19-2020, 02:16 PM
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I guess that is one spin on it
You claimed her choices were because she's ambitious. I refuted that - because once you are SCOTUS, you have realized any career-related ambition you can possibly realize. That is the highest level in the game of politics. Appointed for life, there's no demotions, no firing, no forced retirement, and you along with your other fellow-life-appointees, call the shots. That is the end-game.

Ambition, at that point in your life, is 100% completely invalid and irrelevant. When you are as high as you can get, there is nothing left to be ambitious about, with regards to your career.