MALDEF Statement Urging Senate to Wait Until January 2021 to Vote on Scotus Confirmation
September 26, 2020
September 26, 2020
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following statement by President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz:
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In 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to allow a vote to confirm a nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away in February of that year, arguing that the "American people should have a voice in the selection of the next Supreme Court justice."
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In 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to allow a vote to confirm a nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away in February of that year, arguing that the "American people should have a voice in the selection of the next Supreme Court justice."
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