the late Ruth Ginsburg:
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-metro-rbg-prep-20501010-story.html
Ginsburg was honored in 1999 with the American Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Award, honoring her effort on behalf of gender equality and civil rights.
Will Trump honor her last wish? I bet NOT! (not on a bet)
added: It didn't take much more then one hour for Mitch McConnell and trump to come out of their huddle and say they didn't care, the vote would be held for trump's justice pick. -Will it be ex mayor and trump lawyer Giuliani? Lets hope not as he mentioned him a few times as one of a few he considered. The always hypocritical McConnell did not allow President Obama (denying him) his own choice of a Justice he chose without any kind of hearing when there were 11 months left of Obama's term. Almost an entire year.
For those who don't know, the reason why this is so important is because now the vote will be tipped to the ultra-right especially concerning women's rights and their bodies. Supreme court Justices, are life long positions.
L.A. Times:
Mitch McConnell says Senate will vote on Trump's pick to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will vote on President Trump's pick to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. In 2016, another presidential election year, he refused to act on President Obama's nomination to fill the opening left by Justice Antonin Scalia's death.
from New York Times: 2/18/20
When conservative Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, also an election year, McConnell refused to act on President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to fill the opening. The seat remained vacant until after Trump’s surprising presidential victory.
Trump ended up nominating Neil Gorsuch, who was confirmed to the court.
The 2020 election is 46 days away.
McConnell had earlier said he would move to confirm a Trump nominee if there were a vacancy this year.
In his Friday night statement, McConnell contrasted the situation presented by Ginsburg’s death to that which followed Scalia’s.
“In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term.