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Joe Biden Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Seat Should Not Be Filled Till After Election

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat should not be filled until after the election.

Biden was among the many Americans who grieved deeply on Friday over the loss of Ginsburg, the iconic Supreme Court justice who died at the age of 87 from complications of cancer.

“She practiced the highest American ideals as a justice .... Ruth Bader Ginsburg stood for all of us,” Biden said, speaking at the airport in New Castle, Delaware. The former vice president said he’d learned of Ginsburg’s death while flying back to Delaware from a Minnesota campaign trip.

Biden ― who, as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, presided over Ginsburg’s confirmation hearing in 1993 ― lauded the justice as a “fierce and unflinching” civil rights advocate and a “voice for freedom and opportunity for everyone.”

She was “not only a giant in the legal profession but a beloved figure,” Biden said.

Joe Biden, then the vice president, greets Supreme Justice Bader Ginsburg on May 27, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. He called her "a beloved figure." (Alex Wong via Getty Images)
Joe Biden, then the vice president, greets Supreme Justice Bader Ginsburg on May 27, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. He called her "a beloved figure." (Alex Wong via Getty Images)

Ginsburg, whose death comes less than six weeks before Election Day, reportedly told her granddaughter just before she died that her “most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”

President Donald Trump is expected to put forth a Supreme Court nominee to fill Ginsburg’s seat in the coming days, ABC News reported, citing multiple unnamed sources.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said Friday that “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor” of the Republican-majority Senate.

To block Trump’s nominee, all Democrats in the Senate and at least four Republicans will need to vote in...

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