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Extensive infection screening is underway in Washington DC after President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus.
It emerged on Saturday that the two Republican senators Mike Lee and Thom Tillis tested positive for the coronavirus. Both are part of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
It could break Republicans’ plans for Amy Coney Barrett to be nominated, writes CNN.
You can delay the appointment of a new judge
When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18, both Trump and the Republican Party were ready to nominate a new judge before the election.
Last Saturday, the president held a nomination meeting for Amy Coney Barrett, who is considered a conservative addition to the Supreme Court.
Several others who attended the meeting received a positive result. That includes the two senators.
YOU CAN BE A SUPREME COURT JUDGE: President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett at the nomination meeting in Rosehagen at the White House last Saturday.
Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / AFP
For Barrett to become a Supreme Court justice before the November 3 presidential election, he must be approved by the Senate. 51 out of 100 senators must vote in favor, and it was hoped that Republicans could obtain a majority for their candidate.
But it is a fragile majority, says associate professor and lawyer Sofie Høgestøl at NRK.
– Democrats only need to trick four people into taking their side and then they can train, because then Republicans don’t have a majority, says Høgestøl.
Bordering the Republican Majority
– That state has been now, two Republicans have said they find it difficult to elect Supreme Court justices before an election, and now two are sick. There are four people, he adds.
The two infected senators cannot attend hearings and vote when in solitary confinement. You have to physically appear to vote in the Senate.
Associate Professor Sofie Høgestøl.
Photo: Kristian Elster / NRK
– At the same time, as long as senators recover fairly quickly, there is nothing stopping them from voting again in a few weeks. Because what will happen first is that you have a hearing in the justice committee, and then they don’t necessarily have to be full, says Høgestøl.
According to NBC News, the chairman of the justice committee, Republican Lindsey Graham, has stated that he wants the hearings to proceed as scheduled starting October 12. Hearings have been opened up via videoconference.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also says the process will continue as normal.
Democrats want to slow down the process
-It will be controversial among the Democrats who want to train this process until after the elections, but he is the leader of the Senate, so it is probably he who can make several of those elections. But then you will get a vote on a Supreme Court justice via Zoom, and in that case it will be historic, Høgestøl says.
But Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer tweeted Saturday that it is “irresponsible and dangerous” to continue the process given the current situation.
Both Tillis and Lee say according to the New York Times that after being held in isolation for ten days they will again be able to participate in hearings as planned.
– Are the Democrats using what has happened now to postpone the process?
– Absolutely, they have said that this means they should postpone this hearing, but they probably would have said that no matter what happened now. Because they want this to be postponed until after the elections, in the hope that they can win those elections and then they can appoint a Supreme Court judge, Høgestøl says.
