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Game changer: Ginsburg’s death paves way for titanic battle over third Supreme Court nominee for Trump, GOP Senate

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AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsSep 19, 2020 at 10:05 pmWithin hours of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, Washington politicians girded for a titanic battle over her replacement.President Trump said last month he would “absolutely” fill any vacancy on the court that arose in the coming weeks — and the White House reportedly plans to fast-track a nominee to replace Ginsburg, a reversal from the Republicans' 2016 refusal to accept any nominee from President Barack Obama during an election year.AdvertisementSen. Mitch McConnell, the architect of the plan to hamstring Obama, promised barely two hours after Ginsburg’s death that Trump’s nominee “will receive a vote on the Senate floor.”Trump’s reported plan — the president himself said nothing of it when he learned of Ginsburg’s death — coupled with McConnell’s promise sets the stage for a titanic fight and on the campaign trail in the coming weeks.AdvertisementDemocratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made clear Friday night that he doesn’t believe the Senate should act until after the presidential inauguration January 20.“Tonight and in the coming days we should focus on the loss of our justice and her enduring legacy," Biden said in New Castle, Del.“But there is no doubt — let me be clear — that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the Senate to consider,” Biden said. "This was the position the Republican Senate took in 2016 when there were more than 10 months to go before the election. That is the position the United States Senate must take today.”On her deathbed, Ginsburg herself . “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” she told her granddaughter Clara Spera.But Trump — who has already appointed two of the court’s nine justices — will name a candidate for Ginsburg’s seat in the next few days, according to an ABC News report. McConnell’s partisan vow came barely two hours after Ginsburg’s death was announced, even as people across the country mourned her death.New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, called for a moratorium on the battle until January.“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice," he tweeted, echoing McConnell’s words from 2016. "Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia during the 2016 presidential race, Republican Senate leaders announced they would not consider any nominee during a White House election year.AdvertisementThe GOP senators insisted then that their stance was based not on partisan politics, but on a desire to “protect the will of the American people.”Thus Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland was dead on delivery, with the GOP ignoring his selection for the last nine months of the year.Scalia died 269 days before Election Day. Ginsburg passed away 46 days before voters go to the polls this November.McConnell, splitting hairs on Friday night, said the 2016 decision was made because of a “lame duck” president in his second term — although Trump could lose the presidency next month.As it happensGet updates on the coronavirus pandemic and other news as it happens with our free breaking news email alerts. &gt; During his time in office, Trump has released four lists of potential nominees for the nation’s top court — and earlier this month he said he’s ready with a slate of 46 replacements, the majority white and male. His latest list included Republican senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri.Trump’s first nominee to the court, Neil Gorsuch, was approved in February 2017, within week’s of his inauguration. But his second nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, was no slam dunk. Kavanaugh was installed on a 50-48 vote in July 2018 following a contentious Senate debate over his alleged sexual improprieties.AdvertisementThe fight over Ginsburg’s seat could end up giving conservatives a 6-3 majority on the court — and overturn Obama’s Affordable Care Act and Roe v. Wade, which guarantees women the right to abortion.The Alliance for for Justice, a national organization of 120 progressive groups, on Friday called for a moratorium on any nominee until January 20.“Now is not the time to ram through a Supreme Court Justice,” the group wrote. “As Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans made clear just four years ago, the American people deserve the right to vote for a President and senators who will nominate and confirm the next Supreme Court Justice.”House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, without addressing the timeline by which Trump and the Senate will handle the issue, urged the nomination of a candidate in the mold of Ginsburg.“We must honor Justice Ginsburg’s trailblazing career and safeguard her powerful legacy by ensuring that the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court upholds her commitment to equality, opportunity and justice for all,” she said. Advertisement

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsSep 19, 2020 at 10:05 pmWithin hours of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, Washington politicians girded for a titanic battle over her replacement.President Trump said last month he would “absolutely” fill any vacancy on the court that arose in the coming weeks — and the White House reportedly plans to fast-track a nominee to replace Ginsburg, a reversal from the Republicans' 2016 refusal to accept any nominee from President Barack Obama during an election year.AdvertisementSen. Mitch McConnell, the architect of the plan to hamstring Obama, promised...

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Game changer: Ginsburg’s death paves way for titanic battle over third Supreme Court nominee for Trump, GOP Senate

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