Candles are lit next an illustration of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as people mourn her death at the Supreme Court in Washington, US September 19, 2020. Picture: REUTERS/JOSHUA ROBERTS
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, who has prioritised confirming Trump's judicial appointments, has said he would usher through a vote. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, but two Republican senators — Maine’s Susan Collins and Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski — said at the weekend that the chamber should not move forward with a Trump nominee before the election.
Trump already has named two conservative justices to the high court, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. The court vacancy also has given Trump and his fellow Republicans a chance to steer the national discussion away from the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed almost 200,000 Americans and thrown millions of people out of work.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Sunday found that a majority of Americans — about 62% including about half of Republicans polled — agreed with that sentiment.
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