Biden Calls on Senate to Delay Consideration of SCOTUS Nominee Barrett

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks about climate change and the wildfires on the West Coast at the Delaware Museum of Natural History in Wilmington, Del., on Sept. 14, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Saturday called on the Senate to not act on the Supreme Court vacancy until after voters decide on whether to re-elect President Donald Trump or choose Biden as commander-in-chief.

Biden issued a statement just after Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, a federal judge, to fill the vacancy that opened up with the recent death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.