You gotta love this guy!
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday confirmed that if he becomes majority leader again, he would block President Joe Biden from filling a Supreme Court seat if one becomes vacant in 2024, and possibly in 2023 as well.
McConnell told the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that if he were leading the Senate, it would be "highly unlikely" that he'd allow Biden to fill a seat if one came up in the last year of his presidency.
"Well, I think in the middle of a presidential election, if you have a Senate of the opposite party of the president, you have to go back to the 1880s to find the last time a vacancy was filled. So I think it's highly unlikely," McConnell told Hewitt when asked if he would fill a hypothetical vacancy.
After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016, McConnell refused to hold hearings for former President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee and current Attorney General Merrick Garland. He said he wouldn't fill the seat until after the 2016 election, won by Republican President Donald Trump.
https://www.businessinsider.com/mcc...urt-seat-in-2024-2021-6?utm_source=reddit.com
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday confirmed that if he becomes majority leader again, he would block President Joe Biden from filling a Supreme Court seat if one becomes vacant in 2024, and possibly in 2023 as well.
McConnell told the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that if he were leading the Senate, it would be "highly unlikely" that he'd allow Biden to fill a seat if one came up in the last year of his presidency.
"Well, I think in the middle of a presidential election, if you have a Senate of the opposite party of the president, you have to go back to the 1880s to find the last time a vacancy was filled. So I think it's highly unlikely," McConnell told Hewitt when asked if he would fill a hypothetical vacancy.
After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016, McConnell refused to hold hearings for former President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee and current Attorney General Merrick Garland. He said he wouldn't fill the seat until after the 2016 election, won by Republican President Donald Trump.
https://www.businessinsider.com/mcc...urt-seat-in-2024-2021-6?utm_source=reddit.com
