“We were elected to an influential and important position to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us. The most important of these has long been considered the selection of judges to the United States Supreme Court. We are committed to this, immediately! ” wrote the president in a paper addressed to the Republican Party.
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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell pledged on Friday to push for a vote on Ginsburg’s successor if the president nominates his candidate.
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.@GOP We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices. We have this obligation, without delay!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 19, 2020
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Democrats, led by presidential candidate Joe Biden, on the other hand, are calling for a new member of the influential tribunal to be chosen by the winner of the November election, as they say such an important decision should not be taken by the end of the presidency. A similar argument was used four years ago by Republicans, who opposed the vote on a deputy after the late Judge Antonin Scali. He died about ten months before the election, while now there are less than a month and a half until the election.
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Ginsburg joined the liberal wing of the nine-member court, which has been in the four to five minority since 2018. If Trump installed his candidate, Republicans would gain a significant advantage in the influential tribunal, which could last for many years. The mandate of judges in the Supreme Court is for life.
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Last week, Trump added 20 names to his list of candidates for a Supreme Court judge, who is ready in case a seat in the tribunal becomes vacant. He contrasted his list with an unspecified selection of “radical judges,” which Biden said he was looking for, who, according to Trump, would fundamentally transform America without a single vote in Congress.
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According to the AP agency, the upcoming dispute over Ginsburg’s successor will significantly affect the last weeks of the already intense election campaign, which is now being conducted in the United States.
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Ginsburg succumbed to complications associated with pancreatic cancer. She was well known for her struggle for women’s rights.
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