Senate talk of a potential — but uncertain — opening close to a presidential election has reignited a clash over the future of the court.
WASHINGTON — Democrats are warning Republicans not to fill a possible Supreme Court vacancy this year after denying President Barack Obama the chance in 2016, saying it would embolden a push on the left to add seats to the court whenever they regain power.
In a sweeping statement of intent, the Democratic National Committee is poised to add language to the party's 2020 platform endorsing"structural court reforms to increase transparency and accountability." "I think we have sufficient grounds to pursue structural reform just based on the events of 2016," Fallon said."If Republicans compound that sin with an egregious violation of norms in a seat that was held by a liberal justice, I think that we will gain new allies very quickly."
"Yeah. We'll cross that bridge. After [Brett] Kavanaugh, the rules have changed as far as I'm concerned," he told reporters, citing the intense battle over Trump's most recent Supreme Court nominee in 2018, who was narrowly confirmed."We'll see what the market will bear if that ever happens."
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