Blunt: "Plenty of time" to confirm Ginsburg's replacement
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt says the confirmation process for GInsburg's Supreme Court seat "should take as long as it needs to take, but no longer."
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Missouri Senator Roy Blunt says the confirmation process for GInsburg's Supreme Court seat "should take as long as it needs to take, but no longer."
CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford reports on Ginsburg's legacy and next steps in the nomination process.
Today on "Face the Nation," remembering Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the champion of women's rights whose death has set off a political earthquake in the final stretch of Campaign 2020.
“60 Minutes” correspondent John Dickerson looks at the history of Supreme Court confirmation battles, and at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's reversal on his principle regarding no vote for a high court nominee during an election year.
Correspondent Rita Braver remembers Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and talks about how the diminutive Supreme Court Justice, who only came up to her shoulder, was nonetheless a giant.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Beder Ginsburg, a towering figure on the Supreme Court, died Friday, September 18 at age 87. In this "Sunday Morning" profile which originally aired October 9, 2016, she talks with Jane Pauley about her view from the bench, and her lifelong fight against gender discrimination.
Clinton said Mr. Trump and McConnell are "for whatever maximizes their power."
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday at the age of 87. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty of “48 Hours” looks back at the trailblazing attorney and jurist, who fought against gender discrimination and for voting rights, and who became an icon for millions.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at age 87, left a legacy fighting against gender discrimination, and for voting and reproductive rights
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is vowing to hold a vote on President Trump’s eventual Supreme Court nominee, despite blocking former President Obama’s pick during an election year. Democrats are pushing back, insisting the vote be held after the November election. Nancy Cordes has more.
This Saturday, President Trump continued his campaign trail with a rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, as voters anxiously speculated who he might pick to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Democratic nominee Joe Biden has not announced any potential picks should he be given the opportunity to nominate a Supreme Court justice. Nikole Killion reports.
"It is our time to fight. This is our future and the future of the next generation," one woman said.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shaped our nation's legal system. She was known for her dissents in cases involving abortion, civil rights, voting rights and pay discrimination against women. Samuel Issacharoff, professor of constitutional law at New York University's School of Law, joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.
Well-wishers left flowers and signs and broke into songs.
The Biden campaign isn't planning bold moves yet in the wake of the justice's death, saying the focus should be on how Republicans might respond.
The Republican senator announced that she does "not believe that the Senate should vote on the nominee prior to the election"
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death leaves a vacancy just six weeks ahead of the presidential election.
The Democratic donation platform said it brought in more than $30 million between in 12 hours.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's famously close friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia seemed, at first glance, an unlikely pairing. "I think we were all aware that it publicly seemed like an odd couple, but you know, when they were together, it never felt like that," Scalia's son Chris said on CBSN.
"If I see something in his opinion that I think is not well stated, I will call him or send him a note, just to him," Ginsburg said in a 2008 60 Minutes interview about her fellow Supreme Court Justice.
In a 2008 60 Minutes interview, Ginsburg talked about the mutual reverence for the court she and Antonin Scalia had, as well as the relationship the Supreme Court justices have with each other.
In 2008 Ginsburg told Lesley Stahl, “the genius of the United States is that, over, now, the course of more than two centuries, the notion of "we the people" has become ever larger.”
The Supreme Court justice told Lesley Stahl about her view of the Constitution and her friendship with Antonin Scalia.
President Trump and his fellow republican leaders are moving forward with plans to nominate a Supreme Court justice to fill the seat left vacant after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Sean Sullivan, a CBSN political contributor and national political reporter for The Washington Post, spoke to Lana Zak about the tight timeline for the coming fight.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being remembered for her legacy as a champion for equal rights and progressive values after her death. Gillian Metzger, a professor at Columbia Law School and former clerk of Ginsburg's, joined CBSN to break down her legacy.