The top Democrat in the Senate said in a new interview that his party will not let President Donald Trump place a “right-winger” on the Supreme Court following the Democrats’ flipping control of the upper chamber in the midterm elections.
“The bottom line is we’re not going to allow a right-winger on the court,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is expected to become majority leader early in 2027 as the new Congress is seated, told The Associated Press.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.
Schumer declined to say in the interview whether he might keep any Supreme Court vacancy that arises open until after the 2028 presidential election, a strategy employed by former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) ahead of the 2016 race. Schumer did say that Democrats would not allow “any crappy nominees” to be confirmed to any judicial posts, or Trump’s Cabinet….