Published 05:06 IST, September 20th 2020
Trump pushes US Senate to pick new Supreme Court Justice 'without delay'
US President Donald Trump urged the Republican-run Senate to vote “without delay” on a new Supreme Court Justice on Saturday.
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US President Donald Trump urged Republican-run Senate to vote “without delay” on a new Supreme Court Justice on Saturday. His appeal for a quick selection of a new Supreme Court Judge comes following news of Justice Ruth Ber Ginsberg's death on September 18. She was 87.
In his tweet, Trump stated that he and all or elected officials were ‘proudly elected’ by American people in order to make decisions for m and refore it is w ir ‘obligation’ to select a new Supreme Court Justice to replace Ginsberg ‘without delay’.
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Must elect replacement 'without delay': Trump
Ruth Ber Ginsberg was second female justice and longest-serving Jewish Justice of US Supreme Court. She was a feminist icon for progressive youth of United States and as per international media reports, on her death bed, Justice Ginsburg told her granddaughter that she wished to t be replaced until new president has been elected.
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Ruth Ber Ginsberg’s passing comes just weeks before 2020 US Presidential elections and allows Trump just eugh time to minate his own candidate for associate justice before elections. Senate Majority leer Mitch McConnell has alrey anunced that US Senate will soon vote President Donald Trump's minee for position. During 2016 elections, McConnell h prevented a vote on n President, Barack Obama's choice.
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Trump mourns Ruth Ber Ginsberg's death
Trump on Saturday, September 19 praised late US Supreme Court as a 'titan of law' whose legal expertise and historic decisions inspired generations of Americans. He ded that Justice Ginsburg was rewned for her brilliant mind and demonstrated that it was possible for one to show strong disagreements without being disagreeable with colleagues. Lastly, he ded, "May her memory be a great and magnificent blessing to world”.
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05:07 IST, September 20th 2020