Top Republicans signal push to vote on new justice nominated by Trump, while Biden and other Democrats say the decision should be delayed until after Inauguration Day.
pandemic, the economy and race relations, and it could boost voter enthusiasm and turnout numbers.
Previewing the path ahead, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala D. Harris said in a statement Friday: “Tonight we mourn, we honor, and we pray for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her family. Tomorrow we fight for her legacy.” Rallying supporters Friday night in Bemidji, Minn. — where he delivered a lengthy and largely off-the-cuff speech without apparent knowledge of Ginsburg’s death — Trump brought up judicial appointments.
This official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to candidly discuss the politics of the moment so soon after Ginsburg’s passing, added, “This is an animating issue for the entire right. It unifies everybody from Mitt Romney to the most hardcore MAGA Trump person out there at a time when Trump needed that.
“A basic principle of the law – and of everyday fairness – is that we apply rules with consistency, and not based on what’s convenient or advantageous in the moment,” Obama said. “The rule of law, the legitimacy of our courts, the fundamental workings of our democracy all depend on that basic principle. As votes are already being cast in this election, Republican Senators are now called to apply that standard.
“We saw during the Kavanaugh hearings that it rallied suburban women, that they cared about the issues that were being debated, that they cared about the Supreme Court, and they came out and Democrats won” in the midterm elections, said Christina Reynolds, vice president for communications at Emily’s List. “This is going to be even bigger in the sense that we all know who Ruth Bader Ginsburg is.
“One thing I hesitate to do is follow anything the president does at all, because he usually does it all wrong,” Biden said during a news conference on June 30. “We are putting together a list of a group of African American women who are qualified and have the experience to be in the court. I am not going to release that until we go further down the line in vetting them, as well.”
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