President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Bemidji Regional Airport, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Bemidji, Minn.
At stake is a seat held by a justice who spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court’s liberal wing. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. vowed to call a vote for Trump’s nominee, but Democrats countered that Republicans should follow the precedent that GOP legislators set in 2016 by refusing to consider a Supreme Court choice in the run-up to an election.
Those under close consideration for the high court include three women who are federal appeals court judges: Amy Coney Barrett, beloved among conservatives and an early favorite; Barbara Lagoa, who is Hispanic and comes from the battleground state of Florida; and Allison Jones Rushing, who clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas and for Neil Gorsuch, when the current Trump-appointed justice was an appeals court judge.
Democrats raised more than $60 million in the hours after Ginsburg’s death, indicating her passing has already galvanized the party’s base.McConnell has launched a risky, unprecedented strategy. It could motivate conservative voters to rally behind Trump and GOP senators or it could push away moderates who prefer to see the Senate stick to norms or are fearful of a right-leaning court stripping away women’s right to choose an abortion.
The average number of days to confirm a justice, according to the Congressional Research Service, is 69, which would be after the election. But some Republicans quickly noted that Ginsburg was confirmed in just 42 days. Obama waited more than a month to nominate Garland after Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016.
Nah... this should wait till the election. RIPRBG
Trump 2020
He shouldn’t get to fill it - the same model the gop used to block President Obama’s should be used now - they set the rules now they should live with them
I was gobsmacked to find that the American Supreme Court is politically biased, I would have thought that the highest court in the land should be independent of political persuasion. This just makes the American Court system unjust
He is gonna nominate his daughter. 🙄
One he has “touched up” prior ?
'Although his party said this shouldn't be done in an election year, and with voting currently under way, Trump tells his party to forgo their own precedent and moves forward with nominee plans.' Your headline bites & normalizes. DoBetter MSM
GOP: Block Dem nominations for Supreme Court, and set up express lanes for their own.
Sure thing. That seat is his golden ticket for elections. If realDonaldTrump fills that seat, he can kiss the White House goodbye. It's the only reason a real Republican would think to vote for him.
So how many women are going to come forward and claim she sexually assaulted them decades ago?
This Is Going To Be Bad America
I'm not sure why the media keeps talking about it being a woman. A woman can take away my reproductive rights just as easily as a man. Y'all will never learn. The story isn't Trump picking a woman. The story is the inevitable removal of damn near every right but the 2nd amend.
I bet he’ll nominate Trumps, his sister who is a former judge and retired, or Tiffany who just graduated law school and has zero experience as judge, or Ivanka who has zero law experience period. That’s how Trump thinks. He has nominated undeserving/inexperienced people in the WH
Trump Keeping America Great!
Diamond or Silk?
Trump's pick might be Russian agent.
He does know Ivanka cannot be a Supreme Court justice, right?
Judge Drinky
JonLemire Welp, they’ve obeyed all his orders* so far *whims, tweets, threats
But only if she's a 10.
JonLemire He means ‘without consideration’.
JonLemire Judge Jeanine?
JonLemire wow .....
Two words Kellyanne Conway . Women who blindly support trump exist. Making it a woman , doesn't make it a safe nomination
I hope it’s his daughter. Please let it be his daughter.
Trump said he will nominate a female to the SCOTUS. Who do you think he will pick?
ElizabethPriceFoley ElizabethFoley FoleyForSCOTUS
realDonaldTrump should really consider ElizabethPriceFoley for the Supreme Court nomination. ElizabethFoley FoleyForSCOTUS
Female Clarence Thomas.
the sooner the better go trump
This russian backed popular vote losing conman is putting 3 lifetime judges on the supreme court
Nooooooo
Replying to they’ve called him everything under the sun for 4 years,spied, impeach...now democRats ask for a pass? Rolling on the floor laughingRolling on the floor laughingRolling on the floor laughing FUCK THATTTT FillTheSeat
Well you Leftist should be happy, that checks one of your boxes.
Thank you POTUS.
No he said probably
They need to quit supporting Boss Hog.
What has Trump said, if anything, about Ginsberg’s death and the impact she’s made during her career?
She isn’t even passed 24 hours and he can’t even be respectful and allows us to grieve before he starts his shit
Democrats weren’t that mad when the Republicans decided not to confirm SC justice in 2016 thinking Clinton would win anyway. Karma!
Judge Amy?
How about a MINORITY woman
Barbara Lagoa would be my pick. Democrats would vote for a female minority, right?
Said it once but it bears repeating ...
President Trump is so awesome!
I suspect his choice will look something like this.
ALL OF THIS is on RBG’s huge ego. She could’ve retired under obama but her arrogance wouldn’t let her. How fitting that a conservative woman will now rule on the constitution
Try Estrada
Dear America Leaders, please should establish 1 control election staff group for all state in election 2020 to avoid democratic party rigging the elections
So... Ted Cruz then
Probably her
Imagin if Trump nominated Merit Garland for SCOTUS. By any definition, a moderate conservative. He's not that smart though.
Justice Ivanka?!
NO
Horrible. He does not even take time to honor the legacy of Ms. Ginsberg Just like a Republican, they totally devalue human life!
TrumpTards
As he has every right to do so...
Actually a clever move. An all out Dem assault against a female nominee might benefit him.
Republicans doing hypocrisy.
Ted Cruz for SCOTUS FillTheSeat
Trumps really good at picking the “top” people. What’s the average time of someone working in the White House, a month? Family exempt of course. We know they’d never get a job otherwise.
defundtheswamp
Poor Teddy :(
Excellent
A conservative woman is just another man. Especially a Christian woman.
Roseanne
Be careful, Trump isn't known for good judgment.
Dems are already trying to dig up dirt on Amy Coney Barrett, rumor has it that she once kick a boy in 2nd grade....
Seems smart.
And if the Republican held Senate votes to replace their Supreme Court vacancy before the election it will be their last vote and the Democrats will surely win the Senate.
Good.
Yeah, that worked out so well with DeVos...
Amy Coney Barrett
Damn shame . Should put best qualified in. Kinda like joes screw up. Getting stuck with a fool because he promised.
RBG should have retired when Obama was POTUS. Liberals were even asking her to. She just couldnt give up the Throne. . What ever happens next is ALL on her. . I dont feel the least bit sorry for her. She brought a Constitutional Crisis on us ALL. .
Relax guys, he's going to pick a woman. That's what you want right?
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