Joe Biden said Sunday he won’t release a SCOTUS shortlist ahead of 2020. He adds that his “first choice for the Supreme Court will make history as the first African American woman justice, but I will consult with senators of both parties about that name.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden implored Senate Republicans not to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat in the U.S. Supreme Court until after the election.
Biden acknowledged that his message was not aimed at President Donald Trump or Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, but to a handful of senators who will have the deciding vote on an appointment.Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Sept. 20, 2020, about the Supreme Court.
"This appointment isn't about the past. It's about the future, and the people of this nation. And the people of this nation are choosing their future right now, as they vote. To jam this nomination through the Senate is just an exercise in raw political power. And I don't believe the people of this nation will stand for it. President Trump has already made it clear. This is about power. Pure and simple. Power," Biden added.
In his remarks Sunday, the former vice president praises Ginsburg, who's Supreme Court confirmation hearing he oversaw as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, as a"heroine," and pointed to her well-known history of friendship with other Supreme Court justices despite ideological divides.Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses during a group photo in the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court, in Washington, Sept. 29, 2009.
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