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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden warned the Senate not to hold an election-year confirmation vote to fill Ginsburg's seat. Ginsburg's death promises to be a catalyst for Democrats, too, who are poised to mobilize to elect Biden as president and replace the late justice with a liberal who would protect a generation of social measures - from same-sex marriage to the Affordable Care Act and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers.
Rallying supporters Friday night in Bemidji, Minn. - where he delivered a lengthy and largely off-the-cuff speech without apparent knowledge of Ginsburg's passing - Trump brought up judicial appointments. Some in Trump's political orbit were notably enthusiastic about the potential impact of Ginsburg's death on the contours of the campaign. One former White House official, reflecting an emerging consensus in Trump world, said,"This is certainly a catalyzing event that needed to happen in this moment."
The court vacancy has implications for Senate candidates as well, most especially a handful of Republican incumbents in danger of losing their seats. In a message to Republican senators Friday night, McConnell urged his colleagues to"keep your powder dry" and to refrain from commenting definitively on whether they would agree to vote on a Trump nominee now or wait until after the election.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a Biden supporter and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also warned that Republicans would pay a price at the ballot box. But Ginsburg's death could apply renewed pressure on Biden to embrace such calls, as he seeks to cement his support from more moderate voters, who have been cooler to the idea. If McConnell fills the vacancy this year, Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., wrote on Twitter,"when Democrats control the Senate in the next Congress, we must abolish the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court."
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