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Who moves to the Supreme Court?
© APA (AFP)
Despite protests from American Democrats, Republicans in the Senate are holding on to a quick vote on the successor to the late Constitutional Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that the Senate would vote for a candidate for the US Supreme Court later this year. Contrary to what the Democrats claim, there is plenty of time and good reasons for this.
There is no decisive resistance to a quick vote in the ranks of the Republicans. In addition, the simple majority necessary for the confirmation of Trump’s candidate is expected to occur. “We have the votes to confirm the replacement of Judge Ginsburg before the election,” Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham told Fox News Monday night (local time). Sen. Mitt Romney made it clear Tuesday that he had no objections to a quick vote. They had changed it as a possible derailleur.
Constitutional judges are appointed by the president and must be confirmed in the Senate. Republicans hold 53 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives. To stop the nomination, four Republicans would have to vote with the Democrats.
Filling the vacant seat on the US Supreme Court could have far-reaching consequences for the country’s sociopolitical orientation. After Ginsburg’s death, only three of the nine Supreme Court seats are held by Liberals, and the remaining five justices are considered Conservatives. A much more conservative America could emerge with decisions on abortion rights, immigration issues, or civil rights. Since judges are appointed for life, Trump could cement the conservative majority for years or even decades by appointing a relatively young judge.
Democrats demand that Ginsburg’s seat on the influential Supreme Court be filled by the winner of the November 3 presidential election. They hope their candidate Joe Biden has the right to nominate them as the winner of the election. Given that about a third of the 100 Senate seats will be filled in the election, the majority could turn in favor of the Democrats. This could block Trump’s candidates. The new Senate will meet on January 3. The winner of the presidential election will be sworn in on January 20.
On Saturday Trump wants to announce in the White House who he wants to nominate for the post of judge. He prefers a vote before the election and wants to propose a woman to succeed Ginsburg. Five candidates were shortlisted, he said Monday. Trump confirmed that they include judges Amy Coney Barrett (48) from Chicago and Barbara Lagoa (52) from Florida, who are considered favorites by the US media. Barrett and Lagoa are described as conservative Catholics who oppose abortion, for example.
Ginsburg, on the other hand, was a liberal activist for women’s rights and an icon of the civil rights movement. She died on Friday at the age of 87 after suffering from cancer. Several memorial ceremonies for the veteran constitutional judge are scheduled in Washington this week. According to the Supreme Court, the funeral is not scheduled for next week at a private location in Arlington National Cemetery.
Trump questioned reports Monday that Ginsburg’s dying wish was for his successor to be determined by a new president. Trump told Fox News that he didn’t know if Ginsburg actually said that or if it was formulated by his Democratic opponents in Congress. Ginsburg’s granddaughter, Clara Spera, confirmed to the British broadcaster BBC that her grandmother had dictated: “My fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is in office.”
Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged his Republican adversary McConnell to honor Ginsburg’s request. Schumer noted that McConnell had blocked a candidate for President Barack Obama to succeed the late Conservative Constitutional Judge Antonin Scalia in the 2016 election year. McConnell had said more than eight months before the 2016 election: “The American people should have a I am voting to elect your next Supreme Court justice, so this position should not be filled until we have a new president. “
The dispute over the successor is likely to shape the heated phase of the US election campaign. Trump warned during an appearance Monday: “If Joe Biden and the Democrats come to power, they will fill the Supreme Court with left-wing radicals who will unilaterally change American society beyond recognition.” Trump supporters chanted “Fill the Seat”, in German something like: occupy the seat.
The first television debate between Trump and his challenger Joe Biden should also seek to fill the vacant post of Supreme Court justice. This comes from a summary published by the organizers on Wednesday (local time) for the expected broadcast on September 29.
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