If Susan Collins decided to retire suddenly, the governor of Maine would appoint a Democratic senator. If the Senate remains in Democratic control, any dead or retiring conservative SC justice would be replaced by someone much less conservative. All kinds of things could happen. Some wacko could blow up the Supreme Court, and we would get 9 liberal justices! I doubt the midterms and 2024 are going to be business as usual, considering one Party favors overthrowing the government, and Putin is backed into a corner where nukes look like his only option.
