Biden indicates he won't release SCOTUS nominee list
"To jam this nomination through the Senate is just an exercise in raw political power," Biden said in his remarks.
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"To jam this nomination through the Senate is just an exercise in raw political power," Biden said in his remarks.
Murkowski is the second Republican, behind Senator Susan Collins of Maine, to voice opposition to filling the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat before the November election.
CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford reports on Ginsburg's legacy and next steps in the nomination process.
Judges Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa and Amul Thapar are serious contenders for the vacant seat.
"It is our time to fight. This is our future and the future of the next generation," one woman said.
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 Judiciary Committee chair had previously said he would not support filling a vacant seat in an election year.
"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.
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.
"President Trump's nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
The president tweeted the call to GOP members less than 24 hours after Ginsburg died.
"I believe that it is today the American people who are best-positioned to help make this important decision," he said in 2016
The Senate majority leader has said he would fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court shortly before an election.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments regarding the Affordable Care Act and the Mueller grand jury this fall.
Ginsburg, a leading liberal voice on the court, was a longtime champion of women's rights.
President Trump learned about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death from reporters following a campaign rally in Bemidji, Minnesota. Mr. Trump said Ginsburg was "an amazing woman who led an amazing life." Watch his remarks.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday at the age of 87.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said the winner of the November election should name the successor to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at age 87. Biden called Ginsburg a "giant in the legal profession" and a "beloved figure." Watch his remarks.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87 from complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. According to a statement from the court, Ginsburg died surrounded by her family at her home in Washington, D.C. Norah O'Donnell anchors a CBS News Special Report from Washington with CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford.