Sen. Chuck Grassley Tosses His Support Behind Filling SCOTUS Vacancy
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced that he supports filling the Supreme Court seat left open with the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the 2020 election. Grassley, who sits on the Senate Judiciary…
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced that he supports filling the Supreme Court seat left open with the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the 2020 election.
Grassley, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee said in a statement on Monday, “In 2016, with an open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court and a window into the type of justice he’d nominate, the American people elected Donald Trump president of the United States.”
He added, “In 2018, having witnessed President Trump appoint two justices to the Court, as well as the ugly tactics deployed by Senate Democrats during the confirmation process, the American people reaffirmed their support for the President by expanding the Republican majority in the Senate, the body tasked with evaluating the President’s nominees to the court.”
Grassley continued, “Over the years, and as recently as July, I’ve consistently said that taking up and evaluating a nominee in 2020 would be a decision for the current chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Senate Majority Leader. Both have confirmed their intentions to move forward, so that’s what will happen. In this case the people have spoken, putting power to appoint and confirm a nominee to the Supreme Court