A new justice would create an effective 6-to-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court — a big motivator for conservatives who have backed Trump and have their eye on overturning Roe v Wade.
President Trump Saturday vowed to move forward with the selection of a new Supreme Court Justice “without delay,” adding to angst among Democrats that the bare-knuckles fight over the president’s next nominee could come even before Election Day.... [+]
Bader Ginsburg on September 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Justice Ginsburg has died at age 87 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The president’s comments, made in a tweet, comes less than 24-hours after the announcement that liberal stalwart Ruth Bader Ginsberg lost her long battle with cancer, dying Friday after expressing a “fervent wish,” that the next president would nominate her successor.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that “President Trump's nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate," but did not say specifically whether that vote would be before the Nov. 3 election in 44 days or after.told them to “keep their powder dry” and not commit to a position on whether they should give a nominee a vote.
Two Republicans - Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska - have said they support allowing Joe Biden to name the next justice if he were to win in November, according to theIn 2016, McConnell refused to give a hearing to Merrick Garland, President Obama’s candidate to replace a Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Antonin Scalia, arguing that a lame-duck president should not be able to appoint a Supreme Court justice.
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