A bitter political dispute has erupted over the replacement of the late Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg. Supporters of the left-wing liberal lawyer are calling on US President Trump to wait until after the election. His previous reluctance triggers drastic reactions.
US President Donald Trump was booed in the coffin of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the US Supreme Court. “Vote for it!” Chanted a group of people who had gathered in front of the Supreme Court. Reporters present reported that the words “Worthy of your wish!” They were called. Trump and First Lady Melania stood for a moment in front of the coffin. They both wore protective masks.
Left-wing liberal attorney Ginsburg died Friday at the age of 87 of complications from cancer. She was one of the four left liberals in the nine judges. Her body was deposited in the Supreme Court on Wednesday and Thursday, and numerous people said goodbye to the popular lawyer. On Wednesday, former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary paid their respects to the judge.
A few weeks before the November 3 US election, a bitter dispute broke out between Republicans and Democrats over the replacement of the vacant seat on the influential court. Trump wants to nominate a candidate for successor on Saturday. He is betting that this will be confirmed by the Senate in just under six weeks before the presidential election. Its Republicans have a majority in the House of Congress.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
My greatest wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is in office.
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59 percent are against new appointments before the elections.
Opposition Democrats demand that Ginsburg’s seat in the influential court be filled by the winner of the presidential election. According to his granddaughter Clara Spera, that was also Ginsburg’s dying wish. In a new poll by CNN, 59 percent of those polled said the winner of the election should name a successor to Ginsburg’s job. 41 percent support Trump’s plan to nominate a candidate now.
In 2016, Republicans in the Senate blocked a vacant Supreme Court seat from being filled by then-President Barack Obama for months, arguing that the decision on the person should not be made until after the presidential election. Trump was then able to fill the post after his electoral victory.
