Joe Biden said that if he wins the November 3 election, he should have the chance to nominate the next Supreme Court justice. “To jam this nomination through the Senate is just an exercise of raw political power.”Mr. Biden said that if he wins the November 3 election, he should have the chance to nominate the next Supreme Court justice. Justice Antonin Scalia, a close friend of Ginsburg's, died in February 2016, but McConnell blocked a vote on Democratic President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. ‘Lust for power’Republican Senator John Barrasso on NBC's “Meet the Press” on Sunday brushed off Democratic complaints about the nomination process. “Let's be very clear — if the shoe were on the other foot and the Democrats had the White House and the Senate, they would right now be trying to confirm another member of the Supreme Court,” Barrasso said.

Source: The Hindu September 20, 2020 20:03 UTC