(CNN) The past two years have been nothing short of a hellscape for Democrats. Republicans have been broadly willing to rubber-stamp Trump — and overlook his conservative apostasies, exacerbating Democrats' angst. But nothing has driven Democratic depression more than the fact that President Trump is now on the verge of appointing his second Supreme Court justice in less than 20 months on the job. Putting conservative Neil Gorsuch into the spot left vacant by conservative Antonin Scalia was one thing. With the Democratic Party largely leaderless and the 2020 presidential primary race still a long way off, one person has served as a rallying point for dispirited Democrats: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Source: CNN August 31, 2018 10:03 UTC