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Republicans prepare to move quickly on Supreme Court opening as Trump weighs top contenders
Democratic leaders, including presidential nominee Joe Biden, accused Republicans of political opportunism and hypocrisy and vowed to fight any effort to rush confirmation of a...
Eddie Murphy Wins His First Emmy Award For ‘Saturday Night Live’ Guest Hosting
Four decades after he first stole the show on Saturday Night Live, Eddie Murphy won his first Primetime Emmy Sunday in the Guest Actor Comedy...
Biden warns that a quick replacement of Ginsburg would “plunge us deeper into the abyss”
Joe Biden made an emotional appeal to Senate Republicans not to swiftly install a new Supreme Court justice, projecting himself as a unifying leader while...
Is it too close to the election to confirm a Supreme Court nominee?
Since 1975, it's taken about 71 days for a president's nomination to be confirmed in a vote on the Senate floor.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead At 87
2020 has dealt another blow to America. On Friday, at the age of 87, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. The Supreme Court said in a...
Graham — an institutionalist turned Trump loyalist — will play a central role in Supreme Court battle
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) will be at the center of what will likely be one of the most contentious confirmation battles in history, affording...
McConnell says Trump’s court pick will get Senate vote despite Ginsburg’s dying wish
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sent shock waves through the country Friday night, igniting debate about the future of the high...
Ginsburg’s death expected to set off political feud over her replacement
The 87-year-old dictated a statement to her granddaughter in recent days saying, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a...
Why Mitch McConnell intends to confirm a new Supreme Court justice now, when he wouldn’t in 2016
In 2016, Mitch McConnell wouldn't fill a Supreme Court opening. He confirmed he will this time with Trump as president.
The GOP senators who will decide on Ginsburg’s vacancy
What Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley and others said when a 2020 Supreme Court vacancy was just hypothetical.