Senate Fights Over Supreme Court
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We ran the numbers: There are 1432 news articles covering this topic. 40% (566) are left leaning, 37% (530) are center, and 23% (336) are right leaning.
Senate Republicans and Democrats fight over the approach to confirm Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement just weeks before the election. While left-leaning articles highlight that almost every Republican senator running for reelection has announced their support for the process to confirm the to-be-announced Supreme Court nominee, right-leaning articles highlight that if Democrats implement the radical strategy of packing the Supreme Court, it “will undermine the credibility of the court.”
CNN published a left-leaning article highlighting that almost every Republican senator running for reelection announced their support for the process to confirm the to-be-announced Supreme Court nominee, shaking up the race for Senate control six weeks out from Election Day. North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis has struggled to coalesce the Republican Party behind him, contradicting his choice to support blocking President Barack Obama’s nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, while announcing that he would vote for whoever Trump picked from his list to replace the late Ginsburg.
Newsweek published a centrist article reporting that as Senate Republicans move full steam to fill the Supreme Court vacancy by November 3rd, Senate Democrats are unsure of whether they should threaten to blow up the filibuster and pack the court if they gain power next year. The notion is backed by some, including Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), House Judiciary Chair Jerold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Rep Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.).
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano warned on Wednesday that if Democrats implement the radical strategy of packing the Supreme Court, it “will undermine the credibility of the court.” Napolitano said that such a move has not been tried since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt threatened to expand the bench to 15 justices.