Democrats Have a Wide Range of Options to Stop Trump’s SCOTUS Pick
A memo is circulating on Capitol Hill that spells out exactly the kind of tactics that could slow Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination. Will the Democrats use them?
House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer await the arrival of the casket of the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Alex Brandon / Getty Images)
As Donald Trump tries to stack the Supreme Court in the hopes that it will decide the national election, a new memo circulating among activists and Capitol Hill aides details various ways that Democratic lawmakers can try to block a nomination from moving forward.
The document, which appears to have been compiled by people knowledgeable about Senate procedure, emerged after Democratic US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on House and Senate leaders to “use every tool at our disposal” to stop Trump from installing a new justice on the court.
“Much of the broad electorate will want to see Congressional Democrats fighting to protect the Court and their Constitutional rights,” says the memo, which was obtained by the Daily Poster. “Mere capitulation to what Washington insiders see as the inevitable will be viewed by many as abandonment of the Democratic base and could undermine enthusiasm.”
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