U.S. President Trump Vows To Replace Justice Ginsburg Who Died At 87
By Stefan J. Bos, Special Correspondent Worthy News
(Worthy News) – U.S. President Trump vowed Saturday to nominate a candidate to replace late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
on the Supreme Court next week, potentially scuppering the feminist pioneer’s reported dying wish.
Trump pledged that his nominee would be “most likely a woman” and said Republicans have an “obligation” to fill Ginsburg’s seat quickly on the Supreme Court.
His remarks came after a statement of admiration for Justice Ginsburg, who on Friday lost her battle with cancer at age 87. “She led an amazing life,” Trump said when hearing about her death from a reporter. “What else can you say? She was an amazing woman, whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life.” Trump added he was “saddened to hear” about her passing.
However, soon after, Trump made clear that the Republicans should use their majority to approve his nominee to replace Justice Ginsburg. “We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us. The most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices,” Trump wrote on his Twitter website. “We have this obligation without delay!”
The majority leader of the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, pledged to push ahead with President Trump’s nominee to replace the legal powerhouse. But shortly before she died, Ginsburg reportedly made clear she did not want to be replaced under the current president. “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” Ginsburg stressed in a statement. She dictated her remarks to her granddaughter Clara Spera, according to several U.S. media.
RECEIVING VOTE
McConnell paid tribute to Ginsburg but vowed: “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.” Republican senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski stressed that they would not approve a new justice this close to the November 3 presidential election. A vote will be unsuccessful if two more Republicans decide to vote against the nominee.
Ginsburg served at the Supreme Court since 1993. Nominated by President Bill Clinton, she was generally viewed as part of the Court’s leftist-liberal wing.
Filling her empty seat with a Trump nominee before the fall election would secure a conservative majority on the Court for decades to come. Under the Constitution, Supreme Court justices have lifetime tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed from office. Since taking office in 2017, Trump already appointed two Supreme Court justices – Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – as well as nearly 200 other judges with lifetime appointments to lower federal courts.
The Supreme Court has had several historic rulings. In 1954, it ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional. Less than two decades later, in 1973, its Roe v Wade decision legalized abortion.
In 2010, the Court removed most restrictions on political spending by corporations. In 2013, the Court limited voting protections in place since the civil rights era freeing nine states, mostly in the South, to change their election laws without advance federal approval. It made same-sex marriage legal in 2015.
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