In this file photo taken on September 20, 2017 US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg looks on as she speaks to first-year Georgetown University law students in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would nominate a woman to succeed late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“That’s a very accurate poll because that’s the way I feel. It will be a woman. A very talented, very brilliant woman, who I haven’t chosen yet — but we have numerous women on the list.” They are pushed even higher in a bitter election year when the justices can play a decisive role in legal wrangling over a contested result — such as when they ruled in George W. Bush’s favor to end the 2000 election debacle.
Biden said Friday that “the voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the Senate to consider.”While Democrats’ options seem limited, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer told party members Saturday that if Republicans press ahead, then “nothing is off the table,” according to media reports.