The math of the Senate is simple; Republicans have 53 votes, let's presume for a minute they won't get Democratic support, which I think is a fair assumption at this moment given the precedent, they can afford to lose three votes from within their ranks and still confirm President Trump's nominee before January. According to reporting from NPR, in the days before her death, she dictated a message to her granddaughter saying, "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.". As national editor of The Cook Political Report, Walter provides analysis of the issues, trends and events that shape the political environment. You may know Amy her from her work with Cook Political Report and the PBS NewsHour where she looks beyond the breaking news headlines for a deeper understanding of how Washington works, who's pulling the levers of power, and how it all impacts you. That's all for us today. Certainly, will require abolishing the filibuster in the Senate, but they can pass legislation to expand the size of the court, essentially pack the court, if you will, and add justices. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat. If confirmed, conservative Judge Barrett would become the youngest member serving on the court.

Episodes; About; Team; Special Projects; Our Podcasts Support Us Politics with Amy Walter. The only thing they can do is if they do gain full power is to change the shape of the Supreme Court is to pass a legislation. People ask me, "When do you think there will be enough?" Electoral College Rating Changes: Ohio and Iowa Move to Toss Up. A few days after that, I received a handwritten note from Justice Ginsburg and it says the following, "Dear, Barbara, even when one is all grown up, the death of a parent is a loss like no other, but you have a store of memories to hold dear, may you continue to thrive in your work and life just as your mother would have willed.

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Now, the scenario you laid out, these would be extremely choppy waters for a Senate majority leader who just lost control of the chamber, hypothetically, to hold a vote on a lifetime of appointment to the Supreme Court of a nomination of a president who just lost the presidency. It's has happened in history, but we know McConnell had a different approach after Scalia died, so I'm just asking for consistency. She provides political analysis every Monday evening for the PBS NewsHour.

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Sahil: That debate over the filibuster was already inevitable. They held the seat open for the remainder of that. Amy Walter (born October 19, 1969) is an American political analyst, currently serving as national editor of The Cook Political Report and as a host of The Takeaway. Every Friday, Amy Walter brings you the trends in politics long before the national media picks up on them. Sahil: Lindsey Graham certainly has an unexpectedly competitive race in South Carolina.

Barbara: There is, Amy, but you have to go back always to find it.

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Unfortunately, we are spending as much time talking about the politics as we are the life of Justice Ginsburg in part because we are 45 days away from an election. Now, Senator McConnell has said, yes, he intends to give a full vote on the floor of the Senate to President Trump's nominee. COVID-19 has had an immeasurable effect on politics, not just in terms of policy, but in ways that go to the core of how our Democracy functions: voting. Her death comes at a time of deep partisanship in the United States and, of course, less than two months out from the election. We are 45 days away from an election and typically the confirmation time in the Senate for justices has been 60 or more days for all eight sitting justices on the court right now have taken more than 60 days to be confirmed in the Senate. Visit our website terms of use at www.wnyc.org for further information.

Barbara: The procedure is that they will carry on with their oral arguments.

Now, Lindsey Graham is going to be in a position where he is facing enormous pressure, not only from Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader to move forward with this but will be facing pressure from conservatives around the country and at home to move forward with this. Bonus and ad-free content available with Stitcher Premium. Amy: Professor Perry, I want you to weigh in on the role you think that this fight could have for the election and for Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, who has, over the course of these last four years, made the fact that the judiciary has been stocked now with many of the Trump nominees.

Joe Biden has held a consistent four to nine-point lead over Trump since the beginning of the year.

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It is my great privilege to welcome you to citizenship in the democracy that is the USA. The president was impeached, a pandemic has killed more than 190,000 Americans, the economy collapsed under the weight of pandemic related shutdowns, thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest racial inequality and police violence, many tell-all books about the president have been released, and yet, opinions about the president and this presidential contest have been remarkably stable. He has said very explicitly in the past multiple times over the last four years or so that if we were in this stage, the primaries were underway, the presidential election were well underway, and there were to be a vacancy on the Supreme Court that he would not support holding a vote.

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Not only one poll but several polls that have come out over the last two months have showed the race essentially in a dead heat. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future.

What will the response be? There's going to be a massive showdown over whether the 60 vote rule should stay of Democrats gainful control and try to pass things like a higher minimum wage and restore the voting rights act, which, of course, has a Supreme Court implication as well, but that was always going to be an issue in the next presidency if Democrats gain control.

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