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Trump was interrupted twice at a rally in Ohio this week, as supporters chanted: “Fill the empty seats on the Supreme Court.”
“I will fill that vacant position,” Trump responded, reiterating his plan to quickly nominate a candidate to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18. “They say it is the most important thing a president can do.”
Hours earlier in Wisconsin, Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s speech did not take place in front of a noisy crowd, as his campaign was strictly in compliance with Covid-19 prevention regulations. He doesn’t talk much about the future of the Supreme Court either, but he does focus on the pandemic, healthcare, and the economy.
President Trump (left) and Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Image: AP.
The Supreme Court of the United States has 9 judges appointed for life, which means that they are only replaced upon death or active retirement. Ginsburg’s departure leaves a vacant seat on the Supreme Court, which currently consists of five justices nominated by the Republican president and three nominated by the Democratic president.
This is seen as an opportunity for President Trump and the Republican Party to increase the majority of the Conservatives to six people in a court that decides many issues in the US, such as abortion, medicine and the gun law. bullets, electoral rules, presidential authority or the death penalty.
Three days after Ginsburg’s death, Trump said he planned to nominate a new judge to replace her on Sept. 26 and expressed his hope that the Senate would vote to approve the candidate before the presidential election. it took place despite Ginsburg’s willingness to delay the appointment of new judges after the elections.
By law, the US President has the right to nominate a new candidate to replace the vacant Supreme Court Justice seat for consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee within 60 days, after which the US Senate. The US will vote for approval in principle. most. Most likely, Trump’s candidate will be elected, given the Republicans who control the Senate.
The empty seats on the Supreme Court are shaking up American politics and causing the election campaigns of Trump and Biden to focus in two different directions.. Biden wants the election to be a referendum on Trump, and his inability to deal with the pandemic left 200,000 Americans dead or focused on the nation’s biggest health problems. Meanwhile, Trump wants to focus on the Supreme Court race to appoint a new judge to unite Republicans and energize the party’s pro-party voters.
Biden openly admitted that he was reluctant to focus on the Supreme Court issue in an interview with WBAY, the local news station in Wisconsin, when asked if he would support the appointment of liberal justices. Supreme Court or not.
“That is a reasonable question, but let me tell you why I did not answer it, because it will change the focus of the problem. That is what Trump wanted. He never wanted to talk about emerging issues that are always trying to change the subject,” Biden said about Trump.
Biden emphasized that people should discuss why Trump “is going in a direction that is not entirely in line with what the founders want.”
According to observers, The strategy of each candidate in this sprint is risky. Biden’s approach risks offending leftists within the Democrats, desperately trying to prevent Trump from expanding the conservative majority on the Supreme Court. Not only was Biden hesitant to bring up the issue, but earlier this year he faced opponents in the primary election when he opposed calls for increased seats on the Supreme Court. Biden worries that such a move will exacerbate divisions at a time when American society is deeply polarized.
Meanwhile, with a strong focus on appointing judges, Trump risks offending undecided (undecided) voters in key states by failing to consider vacant seats. The Supreme Court is just as important as immediate threats like Covid-19 and the economy.
There is very little poll data available after Ginsburg’s departure, but Republican and Democratic opinion poll experts believe that the Supreme Court is not a problem with the attention of swing voters. People close to the Trump campaign admit that the issue was only helpful in keeping people less attentive to the controversy surrounding Trump.
Democrats believe that the Supreme Court is not a primary concern for the working-class voters they are trying to reach. Ron Harris, a Democrat from the US Midwest, emphasized that Biden is not completely ignoring the court issue, but is “trying to get back on the playing field where we prevail: economics, healthcare and Translate.”
However, the approval of the new Supreme Court judge will be the focus of attention in the weeks leading up to Election Day. Trump and Republican senators are under internal pressure to complete the approval process for new candidates before the Nov.3 election.
California Senator Kamala Harris, Biden’s “deputy,” is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, so she will be one of the people who will question the Trump-nominated judge. Harris raised her reputation in 2018 by playing an active role in Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s approval hearing at the Supreme Court. This time, she will receive even more attention as a vice presidential candidate.
Biden’s campaign is also not entirely lukewarm on judge appointments. An anonymity aide said he was not ruling out posting empty seat ads on the Supreme Court, although a final decision has not been made. He said Biden wants to visit Ginsburg this week, but hasn’t finalized plans.
Meanwhile, Trump enjoys the ongoing debate. He has appointed two justices to the Supreme Court in previous years, this time for the third time. “Many presidents do not name anyone during their term, while we have three,” Trump told his supporters. “They are ‘concerned’ about it, but for the people of Ohio, this is what they want.”
Phuong Vu (According to the AP)
