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Senate GOP lines up with Trump to quickly fill court seat

by Associated Press
| September 22, 2020 10:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans swiftly fell in line Tuesday behind President Donald Trump’s rush to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat, all but ensuring a divisive confirmation vote within weeks despite Democrats’ objections it’s too close to the Nov. 3 election.

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