SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION_ Here’s Why Republicans Have To Get This Supreme Court Confirmation Done Early

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Here’s Why Republicans Have To Get This Supreme Court Confirmation Done Early

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Varun Hukeri
Reporter
October 02, 2020 5:20 PM ET

The vacancy left on the Supreme Court following Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death Sept. 18 has created an intense partisan dispute over whether the seat can and should be filled with just weeks before November’s presidential election.

President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the seat Sept. 26 and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised “a vote on the floor.” Senate Republicans reportedly plan to begin Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings Oct. 12 and hold a vote on the Senate floor Oct. 29, according to the Associated Press.

President Donald Trump introduces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)


Top Democrats like Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have strongly opposed the confirmation process. But the possibility to confirm Trump’s third Supreme Court pick is an indispensable opportunity to fulfill a core part of the president’s agenda. Here’s why Senate Republicans can’t afford to wait on confirmation.


Republicans have the votes

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READ MORE: https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/02/senate-republicans-supreme-court-confirmation-presidential-election-arizona-mail-in-ballots/

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“I think this will end up in the Supreme Court, and I think it’s very important that we have nine Justices,” Trump reportedly said. “I think having a 4-4 situation is not a good situation.”

The 2000 presidential election was ultimately decided after the Supreme Court ruled that a Florida recount could not proceed. Confirming Barrett to the Supreme Court before November’s election would allow a full bench to make a decision if the results are contested in the federal judiciary.

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