Religious conservatives hope to see their voice on the court – and therefore McConnell may postpone the vote until the lame duck session after the election.
Shrum also noted that a confirmation battle over Trump’s nominee will hurt the reelection changes of several senators in swing states – for example, U.S. He explained that the recent USC Dornsife Daybreak Poll asked voters which candidate they trusted more on cabinet and Supreme Court appointments and former Vice President Joe Biden had an 8-point lead over Trump. “An issue we haven’t been talking much about in this election is now going to be front and center in this campaign,” said Robert Shrum, the director of the Center for the Political Future at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and a former political strategist and consultant.īut unlike some in the Trump campaign, Shrum doesn’t believe the Supreme Court fight will help the president make headway with voters. SCOTUS fight is suddenly a top election issue Much remains unclear about the brewing Supreme Court fight, including the timing, whether it will help or hurt the presidential candidates, and if it will galvanize voters who are motivated by issues such as abortion, religious freedom and health care access. This time, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other senators say the combination of a Republican president and GOP-held Senate provide a mandate to proceed.
Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy on the court, and Senate Republicans have promised a swift confirmation process.ĭemocrats have accused Republican senators of hypocrisy, noting that in 2016 several GOP senators cited that year’s presidential election as a reason for declining to vote on then-President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has renewed the fight over who will determine the ideological future of the nation’s highest court just ahead of Election 2020.Īs expected, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the 7th U.S.
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