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Schumer Holds News Conference as Democrats Fight to Stall Trump's Supreme Court Pick
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21:52Now Playing(Sept. 22) Watch live as U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, September 22, 2020.
President Donald Trump’s plan to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court gained momentum on Tuesday after Senate Republicans all but quashed Democrats’ hopes of stalling a nominee until Inauguration Day.
Trump said he’ll announce his pick on Saturday, setting an accelerated timetable as Senator Mitt Romney -- the Utah Republican and frequent Trump critic -- said that he supports moving forward with a confirmation vote.
Romney’s backing likely clears the way for a confirmation vote either before or just after the Nov. 3 election to decide control of the White House and Congress next year. Senator Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democratic leader in the chamber, said there’s little his party can do to stop the vote.
Ginsburg’s death and the fight to fill the seat undoubtedly will dominate the closing six weeks of the campaign, and could be decisive in Trump’s battle with Joe Biden for the White House. Democrats have already seen an avalanche of donations amid fears of a generation-long conservative hold on the Supreme Court.
But those efforts are unlikely to delay Trump’s plan to put his third justice in the high court. While GOP Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine have said they oppose a vote before the election, other Republicans have quickly lined up behind Trump and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Romney, who has opposed Trump and even broke party ranks in voting to remove him after he was impeached, had been considered a possible ally for Democrats’ efforts to delay a confirmation. Until Tuesday.
“The historical precedent of election-year nominations is that the Senate generally does not confirm an opposing party’s nominee but does confirm a nominee of its own,” Romney said in a statement. “I intend to follow the Constitution and precedent in considering the president’s nominee. If the nominee reaches the Senate floor, I intend to vote based upon their qualifications.”
relates to Trump Court Plan Quickens With a Pick Due Saturday, Path to Vote
Amy Coney BarrettPhotographer: Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP Photo
Trump is moving toward nominating Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals based in Chicago, people familiar with the matter have said, despite the president saying Monday he’s considering as many as five candidates.
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