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The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, has injected new uncertainty into the presidential election and set off a torrent of political maneuvering.
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 Senate Democrats are indicating that they may push legislation to expand the Supreme Court by adding additional seats to retaliate against Republicans if they succeed in confirming President Donald Trump's pick to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat.
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Top Senate Republicans are privately arguing that it would boost their chances of holding the majority in November if their party makes a full-throated effort at confirming President Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, according to multiple GOP sources, despite their past posture that such nominees should not be confirmed in a presidential election year.
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Since 1975, it's taken about 71 days for a president's nomination to be confirmed in a vote on the Senate floor.
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Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) will be at the center of what will likely be one of the most contentious confirmation battles in history, affording him an opportunity to demonstrate his loyalty to President Trump. But some Democrats say his position could help amplify the arguments against his reelection.
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Mr. Biden has spent months assailing President Trump's handling of the coronavirus. With a bitter Supreme Court confirmation battle looming, he will seek to link the vacancy to the pandemic and the future of health care.
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The news arrived late Friday night while Joe Biden and President Trump were both campaigning in Minnesota.
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Lindsey Graham Vowed President in Last Year Shouldn't Fill...
'Use My Words Against Me'...
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The president said his nominee to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat "will be a woman."
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A package containing the poison ricin and addressed to President Donald Trump was intercepted by law enforcement earlier this week, according to two law enforcement officials.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Friday that a nominee from President Trump would get a vote in his chamber, while leading Democrats, including the party's presidential nominee, Joe Biden, said a vote should not take place until the next president takes office.
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 Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris paid tribute to the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Saturday, calling the liberal icon a "titan."
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In the wake of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, the Maine Republican senator said the next Supreme Court justice should be picked by the winner of November's presidential election.
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President Trump has vowed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg "without delay." Here is who might fill the seat.
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 Sen. Lindsey Graham, who once said he wouldn't confirm a President Trump Supreme Court nominee in an election year, announced Saturday that he's changed his mind on filling the high court vacancy.
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In surveys before Justice Ginsburg's death, he led by a slightly wider margin on choosing the next justice than he did over all against President Trump.
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Former President Barack Obama on Friday paid tribute to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, calling on Senate Republicans to follow the precedent set when they refused to consider his Supreme Court nominee in 2016 and not consider a replacement for the high court until after the next president is sworn in.
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