But there's very little the Democrats can do to prevent the Supreme Court nomination from going through. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed that Trump's Supreme Court nominee will get a vote on the floor of the Senate. In 2016, he refused to allow an Obama Supreme Court appointment because, he said, it was an election year. That's how the Democrats find themselves without the most effective procedural weapon to prevent Trump's Supreme Court nominee from going forward. Trump and his wife Melania Trump pay respects as Ginsburg lies in repose at the Supreme Court building on Thursday.

Source: CBC News September 26, 2020 07:52 UTC