Al-Drago-Pool / Getty Images Romney Spox Shuts Down Rumor Senator Has Decided Not To Confirm SCOTUS Pick 'Dear twitter and also @JimDabakis: Unless your name is Mitt Romney or you’re his spokesperson, you do not speak for Mitt Romney.' By Johnathan Jones September 19, 2020
Andreas Rentz / Getty Images Hillary Clinton Lays Out the Strategy for Dems To Block SCOTUS Pick Clinton told MSNBC that Democrats must use every method available to obstruct the GOP from replacing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By Johnathan Jones September 19, 2020
Alex Brandon / AP Trump Shuts Down Any Debate Over Whether GOP Will Replace RBG: 'We Were Put in This Position' Trump’s tweet seemed to confirm an ABC News report from Friday night saying that Trump would nominate a justice in the coming days. By Johnathan Jones September 19, 2020
Sarah Silbiger / Getty ImagesCommentary RBG's Reported Dying Wish Is Set To Make Nomination Showdown Even Uglier You can be prepared to hear these words from literally every Democrat in the Senate over the next few weeks. By C. Douglas Golden September 19, 2020
C-SPAN / YouTube screen shotCommentary Here's How Trump Reacted To Hearing About RBG's Death for the First Time Speaking after a rally in Minnesota, the president praised Justice Ginsburg's legacy on the nation's high court. By C. Douglas Golden September 19, 2020
Greg Nash / Pool via AP Lisa Murkowski Announces She Will Not Vote To Confirm SCOTUS Nominee Until After Election Day Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will make sure that any nominee put forward by President Donald Trump gets a vote. By Johnathan Jones September 19, 2020
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images McConnell Announces the Senate Will Hold a Vote on Any Nominee Trump Puts Forward To Replace RBG Given the Republican Senate majority, confirmation of a Trump nominee is within reach. But no shortage of horse trading will be required. By A. J. Sciascia September 19, 2020
Nicholas Kamm / AFP via Getty Images Breaking: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead at 87 The oldest member of the court at the time of her death, Ginsburg had been plagued with health problems for the final years of her career. By A. J. Sciascia September 18, 2020
Fred Schilling / Collection of the Supreme Court of the United StatesCommentary Democrats Threaten Huge Retaliation if Trump Appoints a Supreme Court Justice in 2020 Several senators said they would be willing to embrace a 'court-packing' scheme if the president were to nominate a new justice. By C. Douglas Golden August 4, 2020
Patrick Semansky / AP Justice Ginsburg Announces Cancer Has Returned, Addresses Retirement 'I have often said I would remain a member of the Court as long as I can do the job full steam. I remain fully able to do that.' By The Associated Press July 17, 2020