People gather at the Supreme Court Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Washington, after the Supreme Court announced that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
Supreme Court nominations used to need 60 votes for confirmation if any senator objected, but McConnell changed Senate rules in 2017 to allow the confirmation of justices with 51 votes. He did so as Democrats threatened to filibuster Trump’s first nominee, Justice Neil Gorsuch.Republicans are defending 25 of the 38 seats that are on the ballot this year, and many of their vulnerable members have been eager to end the fall session and return home to the campaign trail.
Reached by phone late Friday, the Judiciary chairman, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., declined to comment on the plans. Graham is another Republican up for reelection.He did. McConnell stunned Washington in the hours after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016 when he announced the Senate would not vote on then-President Barack Obama’s potential nominee because the voters should have their say by electing the next president.
Certainly politics are different now, with the country in the grips of a deadly pandemic. The U.S. Congress has not been operating at full speed since the spring, with much of the usual work — including on committees — being done remotely to avoid spreading the virus.
So I hate to think the nomination of this SCOTUS is hinged upon the LIFE or DEATH of a baby. SO SAD 😞
'The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”——Mitch McConnell, February 2016
Bring it on. Overturn RoeVWade. You'll see protests that will make BLM look like a stroll. women WomensRights senatemajldr is devoid of morals in service to power
Let's watch McConnell fail to deliver economic relief for the country while trying to ram through a Republican justice instead. That should be a good lesson.
And who threatens the violence once again, the radical left supporting Biden...
Confirmation needs to wait until after the election. The precedent has been set.
If there are no rules, McConnell will do whatever he wants. He o a complete sociopath and doesn’t care about anything but himself and his power.
Remember that when Dems take control of both houses after the election, they will be able to impeach justices and expand the SCOTUS.
Mitch sets the rules.
Bullshit
The new senate convenes on January 3rd so they would not have until January 20th to vote if they are no longer in the majority
Legal precedence was set BY THE REPUBLICANS. they need to follow their own rules.
I feel your news is so one sided. I used to respect you but now you are just like CNN. It is aweful that there is no integrity anymore in news. I ran a large group of news stations for 28 years and if any of my reporters showed any bias in any way shape it would be over.
Democrats move a pawn to establish positioning. Republicans pick up the chess clock and bash them in the head. Democrats crawl back to table all bloody & say they might take extra time to spite the republicans. The republicans start reaching for the baseball bat on the wall.
Get ready AP, your going to cry like babies!! It’s happening!!😂😂
The Republicans swindled Obama's nomination they said they could not seat a new Supreme Court Justice so close to an Election. Their Senate Rule said McConnell - Now they can? They lied They have No Honor. Mitch should step down he can't be trusted!
Dems may not like it but Trump has the right to make this pick. Republicans like senatemajldr Mitch may be able to wipe their feet with the Constitution to a cheering constituency but that's not an option for Democrats. If we ignore the Constitution like the GOP the US is toast.
After the last nomination, I think we all know exactly what's going to happen
The fact that some of them, like Mitch McConnell, didn't even wait 24 hours to press on the encouragement a new appointee speaks volumes of the heartless mindset of the GOP/current administration. 😒
Hahahahah doing there best to discourage us!!!! NAE I SAY!
And, it's been done before. In less time.
mizdonna Absolutely, positively can not have a vacant SCOTUS seat for this election. Every -EVERY- body knows full well this election will end up in the Supreme Court. Democrats have already PROMISED that, absent a landslide Harris/Biden victory.
Don't worry MoscowMitch can't pass legislation for Americans but he'll UNCONSTITUTIONALLY fill another Supreme Court position quickly. McconnellKangaroSCOTUS
Yes especially since the last one took so long due to media pushing lies that were told against him. Yes ap you were one of them also
Vultures already feeding.
Where is Biden's list of Blackies to nominate for SCOTUS?
Do it now...realDonaldTrump
A break-neck place? It’s been done plenty of times, when people were not insane.
Not enough days between now and the election. Senators in contested seats are not going to drop their campaign for hearings.
FillTheSeat
McConnell will have that seat filled by Thanksgiving.
It gets filled. Plenty of time to nominate and vote my goodness that could only take a few days
ok
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