Trump to GOP: We are obliged to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat in Ginsburg ‘without delay’

“We are placed in this power and importance to make decisions for the people that OPGOP has so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered the choice of the Supreme Court Justices of the United States. We have this duty, without delay!” Trump wrote Twitter.

Death of Ginsburg – and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Subsequent report Friday “Trump’s candidate will vote on the floor of the US Senate” – opens the political battle over the future of the court, two months before Election Day on November 3rd. The vacancy on the bench creates many Conservatives consider the makeup of the court as a generational opportunity to split the current five conservative judges and four liberal judges and move to a 6-3 majority.

CNN previously announced A source close to the president said that before Ginsburg’s death, he was “spitting” to nominate the president as an alternative to liberal justice and that the possibility of choosing his successor weighed heavily on his mind.

A senior executive told CNN that the White House was ready to go “too soon” to field a candidate to replace Ginsburg once Trump identified his intentions.

In a message to GOP senators on Friday, McConnell did not specify a deadline to consider the appointment, but said he believes there is enough time to get a candidate this year. Appointments usually take two to three months to process, and McConnell, who controls a majority in the Senate, can quickly oversee the process.

Conservatives are pushing McConnell behind the scenes to consider filling the vacancy before the November election – the conference may split over which timeline is best.

Republican Sen., who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ted Cruz told Fox News on Friday that he hopes Trump will nominate a successor to court next week.

Ultimately, this will be McCann’s decision, and in the days to come he will not take it without input from his members.

Speaking to reporters Saturday morning, White House Press Secretary Kaylee McNani asked CNN’s Joe Johns if the president had any contact with McConnell or other Senate Republicans in the next steps.

“I do not know,” he replied, “right now the president is focusing on respecting Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy.”

He called on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to release a list of Supreme Court candidates so voters know where he stands.

Prior to the Ginsburg-era news release, Biden told reporters on Friday that he did not think the Supreme Court would release the names of candidates before the election.

The story was updated Saturday with additional improvements.