US Supreme Court Vacancy Sparks Constitutional Debate

Amid a protracted political stalemate over a Supreme Court vacancy, the Senate’s most senior Democrat and Republican disagreed sharply on the way forward and what is required under the U.S. Constitution. “We need to do our job,” said Patrick Leahy, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the chamber’s longest-serving current member. “The Senate does not play a rubber stamp,” said Orrin Hatch, the Senate’s most senior Republican and a Judiciary Committee...

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