Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away from complication due to pancreatic cancer (NBC News).  May her memory be for blessing.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing ignited US Supreme Court justice appointment battle.  Immediately, Democrats demanded no replacement until after the election.

The left is quoting Ginsburg as saying “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” But they aren’t quoting her, from 2016, saying “There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the president stops being the president in his last year” (Fox News).

"The argument will be that McConnell is doing something inconsistent with his past actions. But he actually isn’t. McConnell believed that when the voters had put opposite parties in charge of the Executive branch and the Senate that – in an election year – it should be the voters that decide which party they wished to see settle the question.  In doing so he kept historical precedent. The voters have spoken clearly in that while they changed the leadership in the People’s House, they saw to it to leave the Senate and the presidency in the same hands in 2018 (Townhall). "

"If Hillary Clinton had been President and Chuck Schumer Senate Majority Leader and Clarence Thomas had passed away less than two months before her hotly contested re-election, what do you think they would’ve had done with respect to the SCOTUS vacancy? (Dan Proft - Twitter).

"[There is] PRECEDENT: *29 Presidents have had election year or lame duck vacancy – all nominated someone. *8 x before election when other party controlled Senate – only 1 succeed *10x before election when Pres and senate controlled by same party – 9 succeeded (Mark Thiessen - Twitter).  Then he linked to this related story from August (National Review). Video from Ted Cruz: “29 times there has been a vacancy in a presidential election year. Presidents have made nominations all 29 times. That’s what presidents do. If there’s a vacancy, they make a nomination” (Ted Cruz - Twitter) .

This video runs through a cluster of high-profile Democrats, including Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, and Elizabeth Warren, from 2016 saying a president must nominate a justice (Twitter).

Clip of Biden, circa 2016, saying “I would go forward with a confirmation process as chairman, even a few months before a presidential election, if the nominee were chosen with the advice, and not merely the consent, of the Senate, just as the Constitution requires” (Twitter).  

Ruth Bader Ginsburg agreed (PJ Media).
As did Chuck Schumer (Twitter).
As did Barack Obama (Twitter).

From Kimberly Strassel: Democrats will take to every media outlet to claim it will be politically dangerous for GOP senators to move a nominee. The exact opposite is true. In 2018, 4 D senators lost their seats for opposing Kavanaugh: Heitkamp; Donnelly; McCaskill; Nelson (Twitter).