Biden Says He Won’t Release Supreme Court Nominee List Before Election

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Sunday that he won’t release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees before the Nov. 3 election.
Biden Says He Won’t Release Supreme Court Nominee List Before Election
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks about the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after he arrives at at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Del., on Sept. 18, 2020. Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo
Isabel van Brugen
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says he won’t release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees before the Nov. 3 election, while asserting that President Donald Trump’s move to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before then is an “abuse of power.”

Biden called on Senate Republicans to hold off on voting on any candidate nominated by the president to the high court until after the election. Trump said he will this week nominate a woman to succeed the longstanding liberal justice following her death on Sept. 18 at the age of 87.

Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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