Before diving into this post, I would like to first start by honoring Justice Ruth Bader because she was a tremendous judge.
This topic that we are about to discuss is, is Trump in the right of filling the Supreme Court Vacancy?
In my opinion, Trump as or right now is the sitting President of the United States, so that births him authority to nominate a Judge to the Supreme Court. That being said there is around 40 days to the election and will be difficult to fill the empty seat. However, Trump has said that he will be announcing his nominee later this week. Also, I can't wrap my head around why Trump wouldn't nominate someone because Obama did the same exact thing following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
When she past away Democratic leaders said:
Joe Biden: " The American people deserve a fully-staffed court of nine"
Hillary Clinton: "The president nominates and then the Senate advises and consents, or not but they go forward with the process"
Nancy Pelosi: "What we're seeing here, and I hope this is temporary, is a disrespect for the Constitution... The American people expect the president's nominee to be given a fair hearing and a timely vote in the Senate".
Bernie Sanders: "The Constitution is 100% Clear. The President of the United States has the right to nominate someone to be justice of the Supreme Court. Senate's function is to hold hearings and to vote."
Chuck Schumer: " Every day that goes by without a ninth justice is another day the American people's business is not getting done".
So what has changed? Why are democrats saying Trump can't fill the spot and wait?
In 2016, the Senate was majority Republican's and voted no on Obama's nominee. Now in 2020, the Senate is majority Republicans and the path of getting another Trump Supreme Court Justice will start this week.
1 comment:
Definitely a great point you bring up! I would agree that it is important to fill in the seat before the next session. I think an interesting point to bring up would be how republican leaders, such as senator Mitch McConnell, spoke against filling in the seat of Justice Antonin Scalia after his passing. I do not think this is to say that Republicans learned their lesson and now have the best interests of the country or vice versa regarding Democrats. Instead I think that this demonstrates the drawbacks of a bipartisan system.
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