You know, there’s a political fight in here too.” Speaking with reporters, Sept. 22, 2020. That person should get to choose the next Supreme Court nominee. “We had divided government [in 2016]. Give the people a voice, and let them chart the course for the court and the country.” March 16, 2016, Left: Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has insisted that a Supreme Court nominee will get a vote before Election Day. The American people shouldn’t be denied a voice. No. Subscribe to ‘Here's the Deal,’ our politics newsletter.

| AP Photo. This is not about the nominee, it is about giving the American people and the next president a role in selecting the next Supreme Court justice.” March 16, 2016. (Mar 2016) Let civil rights plaintiffs receive appropriate day in Court. “What’s at stake here is the balance of our nation’s highest court and the direction of our country for decades.

While there was ambiguity about the American people’s will for the direction of the Supreme Court in 2016 under a divided government, there is no such ambiguity in 2020.” Official statement, Sept. 21, 2020. … The Republic and its institutions are now at stake, and I did not run for the Senate and put my family through a grueling campaign just to shrink from a moment like this.

Here’s how Senate Republicans felt in 2016, and what they’ve said publicly now. Confirmation requires a majority, or 50 Senate votes with Vice President Mike Pence acting as tie-breaker. Once the hearings are underway, it’s my responsibility to evaluate the nominee on the merits, just as I always have. “In a few short months, we will have a new president and new senators who can consider the next justice with the full faith of the people. Circuit, continuing to distinguish himself as one of the most impressive judges in the country. No. “I believe Americans sent a Republican president and a Republican Senate to Washington to ensure we have an impartial judiciary that upholds the Constitution and the rule of law. Merrick Garland is the chief judge of the most important federal appeals court in the nation. “A president on his way out of the White House should not make a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. He later told students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, “There are two constitutional responsibilities whenever there is a vacancy on the court: The president can nominate and the Senate has the right and responsibility to advise and provide consent.

Barrasso told NBC’s Meet the Press he now supports confirmation because one party controls the White House and the Senate. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has insisted that the nominee will get a vote. “While President Obama is entitled to nominate an individual to the Supreme Court, the Senate has made it clear it will be exercising its Constitutional authority to withhold consent of the nomination. Besides that, the-then president Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 2016. No. “No one should be surprised that a Republican Senate majority would vote on a Republican president’s Supreme Court nomination, even during a presidential election year. The following year, the Supreme Court effectively overruled that decision in a 6-3 ruling. Those of us at the Judiciary Committee will do our due diligence. In this role, he has consistently forged consensus among judges across the ideological spectrum, and he is uniquely poised to serve immediately as a Supreme Court justice.