Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell released a
statement saying that Trump’s nominee would get a vote in the Senate, but did
not say exactly when. McConnell did make clear that he would ignore his own
argument from 2016, when he suggested that confirming a president’s supreme
court nominee months before a presidential election was inappropriate.
It’s very possible that Republicans may have
enough votes to push through a nominee of their choice before Election Day. But
there’s also the risk of electoral backlash from liberal voters if they do so.
McConnell might decide it’s more strategic to try to push through a Republican
justice after Nov. 3, but before a new president is sworn in, should Trump lose
to Biden.
What will happen if the supreme court is left to
decide a crucial case about the outcome of the 2020 election with only eight
justices, instead of nine (and with a 5-3 conservative majority) is also a
pressing question.
Ginsburg made her own position clear, telling her
granddaughter this week: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced
until a new president is installed.”
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