Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MitchMcConnell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MitchMcConnell</span></a> held open the seat that had been occupied by Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntoninScalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntoninScalia</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a>, until <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> became president. Trump put forward Neil M. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gorsuch</span></a>.
<br>McConnell said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a>’s nomination came too close to the 2016 presidential election, but he later helped push through the nomination of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyConeyBarrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyConeyBarrett</span></a> [less than 1 month prior to the 2020 election]…, after the death of Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthBaderGinsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuthBaderGinsburg</span></a>, a *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a>*.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>