Will Senate Republicans respect the Merrick Garland rule?

Published September 19, 2020 1:08am ET



Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87, just a few months before the presidential election.

Which raises the question: Will President Trump, with the help of the Republican-controlled Senate, try to fill Ginsburg’s seat before November? Or will the Senate GOP respect the public (mis)understanding of the rule it created in 2016, when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to consider former President Barack Obama’s appointment of Merrick Garland after the passing of the late Justice Anthony Scalia?

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