https://twitter.com/SenFeinstein
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The country lost a truly amazing woman tonight with the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She may have been small of stature but she was an absolute giant of jurisprudence. Read my full statement:
Under no circumstances should the Senate consider a replacement for Justice Ginsburg until after the presidential inauguration. Senator McConnell made his position clear in 2016 when he held Justice Scalia’s seat vacant for 10 months to deny President Obama an appointment.
Merrick Garland was nominated to fill Scalia’s seat on March 16, 2016 – 237 days before the presidential election. Today, we’re just 46 days away from an election. To jam through a lifetime appointment to the country’s highest court would be the height of hypocrisy.
https://twitter.com/SenFeinstein/status/1307129782732312577
https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/9/feinstein-statement-on-ginsburg-death