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September 21, 2020

Trump says Supreme Court list is down to 5 people, announcement coming Friday or Saturday

President Trump on Monday said he has narrowed his list of potential Supreme Court nominees to fill the seat held by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to five people and vowed to announce his pick by Friday or Saturday.

September 21, 2020

John Yoo: Conservative Supreme Court majority? What it could mean on these issues

While no one could ever fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg's liberal shoes, her replacement could launch constitutional law in an equally opposite, conservative direction for a generation. 

September 21, 2020

Tom Fitton: Supreme Court vacancy – If Dems can impeach in an election year, Trump can do this

If the Left can unilaterally impeach and try to remove a president during an election year, a Supreme Court justice can certainly be appointed during an election year.

September 21, 2020

Christopher Scalia: My father's relationship with Justice Ginsburg – 'best of friends'

Many people wonder how Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and my father, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, managed to be such good friends despite holding such different ideological views.

September 21, 2020

Liz Peek: Confirm Supreme Court justice now – 4 reasons why Trump, Republicans should act quickly

Republicans have four excellent reasons to move as quickly as possible to confirm a new associate justice to the Supreme Court. 

September 20, 2020

Barrasso calls for speedy SCOTUS confirmation, says Dems will ‘blow up Senate’ anyway

Senate GOP Conference Chairman John Barrasso called on President Trump and his Senate colleagues to summarily move forward on a nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, warning that whether or not they do so, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and his Democratic caucus will "blow up the Senate" if they take power in 2021.

September 20, 2020

Trump campaign dismisses Democrats' SCOTUS outrage: A president is elected for four years, not 'three years, nine months'

After Democrats became infuriated by President Trump's signaling that he will move forward with a pending nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the president's campaign responded by pointing out a commander-in-chief is elected for four years, not an ambiguous three-years-and-change.

September 20, 2020

Alexander: McConnell doing what Dems 'would do if the shoe were on the other foot' with SCOTUS nomination

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., on Sunday said he is in favor of the senate voting on President Trump’s Supreme Court justice nominee who will replace the seat left vacant by the Friday death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

September 20, 2020

Graham: Dems telling me how to handle SCOTUS picks is like 'arsonists advising the Fire Department'

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., before whose panel any Supreme Court nominee must be confirmed, ripped Democrats' virulent objections to President Trump signaling that he will summarily choose a replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

September 20, 2020

Sen. Coons: Republicans rushing Supreme Court fulfillment would ‘dishonor Justice Ginsburg’s legacy’

Sen. Chris Coons argued that prematurely filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat would go against precedent set by Republicans in 2016.