What happened in 2016 that now seems to have important ramifications for the replacement of Justice Ginsburg is that "Justice Ginsburg criticized Donald Trump in several interviews. She went ahead to call Trump a "faker". She said "He is a faker,"..."He has no consistency about him. He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego..." Her statements were known to be against the codes of Supreme Court.
Explanation:
In 2016, Ginsburg blasted Trump. She was not in support of Trump's presidential pursuit. She kept opposing and speaking against Trump.
As a Justice of the Supreme Court, she was not meant to publicly show her support for or resentment against any candidate. But she was seen to have gone too far. So, such action made it an important ramification for her replacement.
