US contributor Cam Stewart says President realDonaldTrump has declared his nominee for the Supreme Court Justice position will be both young and female.
US contributor Cam Stewart says President Donald Trump has declared his nominee for the Supreme Court Justice position will be both young and female. The President is seeking to nominate and approve a Supreme Court Justice before the federal election in November, against the dying wishes of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who passed away on September 18.
Mr Stewart said while Justice Ginsburg made it clear she did not want to be replaced before the 2020 election, “in the cauldron that is Washington politics right now, that has got not a hope in hell of flying”. “The Democrats can’t really do anything to stop it," he said. “The Republicans have the numbers.
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