After the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: All eyes on Donald Trump and the Republicans

The death of the US judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg immediately sparked a sharp debate about the succession.

The focus is on US President Donald Trump and the Republican majority leader Mitch McConnell.

• US judge

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  has died at the age of 87.

• By her death a seat at will

  Supreme Court

  , the Supreme Court *, vacant US.

• The nomination for the

  Supreme Court

  is the task of the

  US President

  - currently Donald Trump *.

Washington - Hours after the

, the debate about her successor has flared up in the USA.

, majority leader of the Republicans in the US Senate, announced on Friday that the Senate could immediately

vote

on a

candidate proposed

by

- despite the presidential election coming up in a few weeks.

Donald Trump can nominate a candidate after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Under the United States Constitution, it is the President's job to nominate a person should a

vacant.

The

then votes

on the nomination.

Only if a candidate receives a majority there will he or she be called to the Supreme Court.

Most recently,

nominated Brett Kavanaugh.

His appeal was controversial due to several allegations of sexual abuse * against Kavanaugh and dragged on for several weeks.

In February 2016 - a good 250 days before the election -

refused to put a

successor to the recently deceased Judge Anthony Scalia in the Senate, appointed

by the then President

.

McConnell said at the time that an outgoing president couldn't make such a far-reaching decision for the American people.

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Obama had then nominated Merrick Garland, who was considered a moderate choice.

Garland did not get Senate approval.

Other Republicans also spoke out against a nomination in the election year.

“It has been over 80 years since an open seat in the

filled in an election year.

There's a long tradition of not doing something like that in an election year, "said Ted Cruz, who is now being

traded

as one of

.

had made a very similar statement at the time

.

"I am absolutely convinced that we should give the American people a say in the composition of the Supreme Court by electing a new president," said the Senator from the state of South Carolina in 2016. Four years later, Graham is chairman of the judiciary -Committee in the Senate. It would then be his job to hold the hearings in the event of

.

Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Donald Trump wants a quick nomination

It remains to be seen whether the Republicans assess the situation 45 days before the next presidential election as they did four years ago.

himself has already made it clear several times that he wants to fill the vacant position at the Supreme Court as soon as possible.

The US President should have a list of possible candidates in the drawer long ago.

His party is faced with the decision whether to grant the president his wish before his possible election * or to remain true to their own four-year-old statements.

Whatever the decision, one thing is certain: The question of the

will be the determining theme of the election campaign in the USA in the next few weeks.

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