Associated PressOctober 3, 2020
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the confirmation hearings for Barrett will still begin Oct. 12.
Tag: Supreme Court nominee
Associated PressOctober 3, 2020Associated PressSeptember 19, 2020
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President Donald Trump on Saturday urged the Republican-run Senate to consider “without delay” his upcoming nomination to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election. The White House was making preparations to select a nominee for the seat held by Ginsburg, who spent […]
Mark FerruloJune 8, 2016
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Before the ink on newspaper headlines had even dried about the Feb. 13 passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said that the Senate should not consider any U.S. Supreme Court nominee until 2017, after a new President is sworn in. Since then, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has joined McConnell in […]