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Trump to Senate: Vote 'without delay' on his high court pick

APTOPIX Supreme Court Ginsburg
Posted at 3:44 PM, Sep 19, 2020
and last updated 2020-09-19 15:44:06-04

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is urging the Republican-run Senate to consider “without delay” his upcoming nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election.

The White House is moving quickly to select a nominee, likely before the first presidential debate 10 days away.

Ginsburg spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court’s liberal wing. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is vowing to call a vote for Trump's upcoming nominee. Democrats say Republicans should follow the precedent that GOP legislators set in 2016 by refusing to consider a Supreme Court choice in the run-up to an election.