Biden says Senate should not act on Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination until after election

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Saturday said the Senate should not act on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court until after “the American people select their next president and the next Congress.”.

“Supreme Court decisions affect our everyday lives, and the Constitution was designed to give voters a voice on who makes those decisions,” Biden tweeted Saturday, just after President Trump nominated Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy left by late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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Biden, this week, called Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s efforts to push a nominee through the Senate before Election Day an “exercise in raw political power.”.

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“If I win, I will make my choice for the Supreme Court—not as part of a partisan election campaign—but as prior presidents did,” Biden said last week.

He added: “As everyone knows, I have made it clear that my first choice for the Supreme Court will make history as the first African American woman justice.”.

Kamala Harris, D-Calif., said that Trump’s choice to nominate Barrett would “harm millions of Americans.”.

“This selection would move the court further right for a generation & harm millions of Americans,” she said!

The comments come after Trump formally nominated Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court from the White House Rose Garden Saturday

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Addressing members of the Senate, Barrett said: “I will do my very best to demonstrate that I am worthy of your support.”