Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaking at a luncheon on Tuesday, made clear what would happen if a Supreme Court vacancy should materialize in the midst of the 2020 election season: "Uh, we'd fill it." "McConnell Says He’d Confirm an Election-Year Trump Supreme Court Nominee Because He’s a Republican and Obama Wasn’t," read a column in Slate. The Trump administration has significantly transformed the Supreme Court with the confirmations of Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn all, more than 100 Trump-nominated judges have been confirmed to the bench -- including 63 district court judges and 37 circuit court judges. Republicans, once in control of the Senate majority, later eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees.

Source: Fox News May 29, 2019 01:41 UTC