Schumer: Democrats Prepared to ‘Expeditiously Fill’ Any Supreme Court Vacancy
District of Columbia | July 11, 2021
Senate Democrats are ready to quickly fill any Supreme Court vacancy that arises, the body’s top Democrat said in a letter to colleagues on July 9.
“Senate Democrats stand ready to expeditiously fill any potential vacancies on the Supreme Court should they arise,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stated in the note.
Schumer also promised that the upper chamber would continue to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees for lower courts, calling it “critical work.”
Nine justices make up the Supreme Court, with just three of its current members having been nominated by Democrat presidents, including two during the Obama administration, when Biden was vice president.
Republicans were able to confirm Justice Amy Coney Barrett last year before the election, after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tilting the court further to the right….
(Excerpts from Epoch Times)