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SENATOR: Former presidential candidate, Senator Mitt Romney. Photo: Thomas Nilsson
Former presidential candidate Senator Mitt Romney says he will support the proposal to vote on a new Supreme Court justice this year, following the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Write Reuters. According to the AP, Romney was one of the possible Republican candidates who could block a vote as Donald Trump wants.
Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska have previously warned that they do not believe the Senate should vote before the election.
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg died on September 18. Then it was announced that the death could trigger a political battle, where the result will have important consequences for the United States for a long time.
The president appoints a new judge who must be approved by the Senate. Trump has asked the Senate to pass a new Supreme Court ruling “without delay,” according to NTB.
Liberal judge
Ginsburg has served as a court judge for nearly three decades and stood out as a guiding star for liberal Americans. Especially as a feminist icon.
There are nine justices on the United States Supreme Court. Today, four are considered liberal and five are conservative. If Trump appoints a new conservative judge, he will take the Supreme Court far in a conservative direction, with three liberals against six conservative justices.
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Death of Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg: – May result in changes to abortion law
The judges who are elected remain in office as long as they wish, often until their death. They have great power over, for example, social issues.
– The issue of abortion in the United States is an interpretation of the Constitution of the Supreme Court, which can be changed. Gun legislation is also ultimately decided by the Supreme Court, citing as examples the American expert and professor Jennifer Leigh Bailey from NTNU’s Department of Sociology and Political Science.
