Governor Larry Hogan said pushing through Trump's nominee would be 'a mistake,' adding that the Senate shouldn't play 'partisan games' with the process.
reached out to Hogan's office for further comment but he did not respond in time for publication.announced
that the upper chamber of Congress would move forward to vote on and confirm a nominee put forward by the president to replace the liberal justice. McConnell, and Trump, have made placing conservative judges on the federal appeals courts a key component of their legacy. Under Trump's administration, two conservative justices have already been put on the Supreme Court. If a third is confirmed, that would give conservatives a 6-3 majority.
Democrats have been highly critical of McConnell's decision to move forward with Trump's nominee to the high court. In 2016, McConnell and other Republican senatorsthat they could not move forward with President Barack Obama's top court nominee, Merrick Garland, because it was an election year.
In order for Democrats to successfully block the nominee's confirmation in the Senate, they would need to all vote in unison while also gaining the support of four Republicans. Currently, the upper chamber of Congress is composed of 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats and two independents who caucus with their Democratic colleagues. Right now, only Collins and Murkowski appear willing to go against their party.
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