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Here's what Ruth Bader Ginsburg said about voting on Supreme Court nominations in election year
the Blaze ^ | September 19, 2020 | Chris Enloe

Posted on 09/20/2020 10:46:35 AM PDT by McGruff

News of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death has triggered further division in an already fractured political world: Democrats say the Supreme Court's new vacancy should not be filled in an election year, while Republicans are vowing to hold a vote on whomever President Donald Trump nominates.

But how did Ginsburg feel about election year Supreme Court nominations?

Fortunately, she made it clear in 2016 when Republicans and Democrats fought over filling the vacancy left by Antonin Scalia's sudden death nine months before the election.

When asked if the Senate should consider then-President Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland, Ginsburg said, "That's their job," the New York Times reported.

"There's nothing in the Constitution that says the president stops being president in his last year," Ginsburg added.

Several months later, Ginsburg said having only eight justices on the Supreme Court is not good.

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: braking; kag; maga; oops; rbg; trump; yesterday
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To: McGruff

Add that to Reid and his 60-vote issue, which also is not working well for the RATs this year.

Do RATs think people forget the things they say and do?

21 posted on 09/20/2020 12:06:49 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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To: McGruff

Wait. She admits reading the Constitution?


22 posted on 09/20/2020 12:17:58 PM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: MayflowerMadam

To your question: Yep.


23 posted on 09/20/2020 12:43:46 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: McGruff
On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Antonin Scalia, who had died one month earlier.

“The president is elected for four years not three years, so the power he has in year three continues into year four,” Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,

Tell the hypocrites to shut up. I couldn't careless about the hearsay of her dying wish. It flies in the face of RBG's living statement in 2016 RE: Merrick Garland's appoint…
24 posted on 09/20/2020 12:53:17 PM PDT by jmclemore (Go Trump)
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To: McGruff; All

Red-robed faction...Ruth Baader-Meinhof Ginsberg Gang.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=meinhof+baader+gang&t=osx&ia=web

R.I.H.


25 posted on 09/20/2020 3:30:43 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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