Pence Aide On Ginsburg’s Deathbed Wish: Nomination Date ‘Does Not Lie With Her’

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday at age 87.





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At the time, Republicans successfully blocked the nomination of then-President Barack Obama’s nominee to the court, Merrick Garland, citing the fact that it was an election year.

Republicans have said this year is different because they control both the Senate and the presidency.

Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican and chair of the Senate Rules Committee, told CBS’ Face the Nation that there was «plenty of time for a nominee to be confirmed.

«There is plenty of time to get this done. But to get it done before Election Day, everything has to work, I think, pretty precisely, he said.

At the time of Scalia’s death, there were 269 days until the general election. At the time of Ginsburg’s, just 46 days.

Following Scalia’s death, Blunt wrote on Twitter: «The Senate should not confirm a new Supreme Court justice until we have a new president.