Senate Eyes Early Supreme Court Hearing, Stoking Democrats’ Ire
- President wants Ginsburg successor confirmed by election
- Trump plans to announce his high-court pick on Saturday
U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
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Senate Republicans are developing plans to begin confirmation hearings around Oct. 12 for President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, setting up a bitter partisan fight over the nomination before the November election.
The plan could lead to a final vote by the full Senate by the week of Oct. 26, according to people familiar with the process. But Democrats, who say Ginsburg’s seat should be determined by the winner of the November presidential election, could use procedural maneuvers to delay the process and are expressing anger over an expedited process that conflicts with past practices.