Sen. Lisa Murkowski Has Said She Will Not Vote on Any Supreme Court Nominee Until After the Inauguration

by Andrew Trunsky

 

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski has said she would not vote to replace a Supreme Court justice until after the inauguration.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday evening at her home at the age of 87. Murkowski, a pro-choice moderate from Alaska, is often a swing vote in the Senate.

“When Republicans held off Merrick Garland because nine months prior to the election was too close, we needed to let the people decide,” Murkowski said in August, according to The Hill. “And I agreed to do that. If we say now that months prior to the election is OK when nine months is not, that is a double standard and I don’t believe we should do it.”

Murkowski also commented on the issue Friday afternoon only hours before Ginsburg’s death, echoing her previous stance.

“Fair is fair,” she said.

Murkowski’s statements echo that of Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a fellow moderate and the only other pro-choice Republican in the Senate.

“I think that’s too close, I really do,” Collins said when asked whether she would vote to confirm a Supreme Court justice in October. Collins also said that she would oppose seating a justice in the lame duck session of Congress if President Donald Trump loses the election in November.

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Andrew Trusnky is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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3 Thoughts to “Sen. Lisa Murkowski Has Said She Will Not Vote on Any Supreme Court Nominee Until After the Inauguration”

  1. William Delzell

    I don’t agree with her on many issues, but I DO agree with her decision to push for delaying the vote on any justice confirmation until after the election.

  2. 83ragtop50

    What a loser. One would think that the freedom loving people of Alaska would pick a more conservative Senator. Is Anchorage filled with liberals?

  3. CMinTN

    Hopefully Alaska sends her packing next go ’round. You’d think they could do much better that that.

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