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Updated: 2020-09-23 12:37:26

Justice Ginsburg honored at the Supreme Court

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in repose at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday and Thursday, a two-day event honoring a justice who was both a cultural and legal icon.

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Senator Pat Toomey supports Senate voting on Trump high court nominee

Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that he is on board with the Senate considering President Donald Trump’s forthcoming nominee to the Supreme Court right away.

By The Associated Press

With Romney’s support, GOP likely has votes to move ahead with Ginsburg’s replacement

Senator Mitt Romney issued a statement that he intends “to follow the constitution and precedent in considering the President’s nominee, and if the nominee reaches the Senate floor he intends “to vote based upon their qualifications.”

By NPR

Partisan reaction to loss of Ginsburg shows how much else has been lost

Rarely in American history has the death of anyone other than a sitting president unleashed so much political anxiety as the passing of U.S. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
By NPR


Ruth Bader Ginsburg to lie in repose at Supreme Court this week for public viewing

Ginsburg will lie in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the Supreme Court building to allow for public viewing outdoors.

By NPR

Washington politics could be about to enter a ‘post-apocalyptic’ phase

A Reuters/Ipsos poll taken over the weekend found that 62% of American adults felt the vacancy should be filled by whoever wins the 2020 presidential election.
By The Associated Press

‘Follow your conscience’: In Philly, Biden calls on GOP to hold off on Supreme Court nominee

In his speech at the National Constitution Center Sunday, Joe Biden pointed to the turbulent period the country is in as it nears 200,000 COVID-19 deaths and — because of a combination of virus-related restrictions and a struggling economy — millions of Americans remain unemployed.

By Ximena Conde/WHYY
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