Reading it properly. Again, im concerned that the democrats put him. They should choose somebody else m concerned about the decision. Back in february of this year Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell went on fox newss special report and was asked if he would hold the scotu s seat open if a vacancy happened before the november election and was asked about his decision to block judge Merrick Garland back in 2016 and that position came open while president obama was in his last year of office. Here is what Mitch Mcconnell said. If a Supreme Court seat were to open up, you hold that seat open like you did for mary garland Merrick Garland . Let me remind you of what i said in 2016. I said you have to go back to the 1880s find the last time a vacancy on the Supreme Court occurring during a president ial Election Year was confirmed by a senate of a Different Party than the president. That was the situation in 2016. That would not be the situation in 2020. I am not aware of any vacancy, but
Recovery will take a long time. As the number of coronavirus cases tops 30000000 many countries are considering reinstating lockdown measures in the face of a 2nd wave. Tributes are being paid to u. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who has died aged 87 while many are remembering her legacy as a champion of womens rights a political fight is brewing over what happens next republicans want to name her successor immediately with President Donald Trump making the nomination just 6 weeks before his reelection bid democrat challenger joe biden says the next president should decide ellen fisher reports. Became chilly tributes to pay their respects to mark the passing of a woman but all respected a loss they felt personally even if with beating. Because decisions from the Supreme Court mean not to touch their lives she was physically small but her presence loomed large on the court she was a blunt talking liberal who often challenge her conservative colleagues on the bench born to
Well have hit the half the death toll of the 1918 pandemic another big story, the cdc causing some confusion for people over just the last 24 hours. It is now backtracking on recent guidance on how the virus spread in fact it was just last friday that the cdc posted an update on coronavirus saying that the virus spreads through small airborne particles. The friday posting said covid can remain in the air for longer and travel farther than 6 feet and added that singing and breathing to the ways that the virus can go airborne. But today, the cdc said that update was a mistake. The cdc has come under attack for backtracking several times during the pandemic critics say the inconsistent messages erode the agencys credibility. Others say that they worry the cdc may be succumbing to political pressure. It relied on them for so long. But now with you know the influence of politics on science i think thats really emblematic of whats been going on the cdc recently. So although the draft version
To nominate her replacement after those services, possibly friday or saturday. The president demanding Senate Republicans fill Justice Ginsburgs vacancy without delay. Moments ago President Trump appeared confident that his choice will be confirmed before election day. Well, id much rather have a vote before the election because theres a lot of work to be done, and id much rather have it we have plenty of time to do it. I mean, theres really a lot of time. So lets sea i make the announcement say i make the announcement on saturday, theres a great deal of time before the election. Thatll be up to mitch and the senate, but id certainly much rather have the vote. I think it sends a good signal, and its solidarity and lots of other things, and im just doing my constitutional obligation. I have an obligation to do this. Lou and there is plenty of precedent for a swift confirmation. If President Trump were to send his nomination to the senate by this weekend, he would have 38 days before ele
And major decisions in the Supreme Court, and with Justice Ginsburg you cannot just talk about her majority opinions, she dissent. Known for her what were some of the cases that will be remembered . Guest most people do not know that when she was reporting for the court, she was seen as a consensus builder. That was what president clinton to billed her as. Membershiper sit changed she became wellknown for her dissent. What got her this notorious rbg status was on a Voting Rights case for which she said the majority doing away with the protections that were provided by the Voting Rights act was something akin to throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. We says this is working, and need it because it is working and we should not get rid of it. Host have we heard from the other justices about their withies, their time Justice Ginsburg . I know we have seen something from chief Justice John Roberts . Guest we have not, and i am surprised that we have not