Reeher weighs in on rush to fill vacant SCOTUS seat in Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

September 30, 2020

Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

Grant Reeher

Political Science Department

Campbell Public Affairs Institute

SCOTUS

U.S. Elections

United States

Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

Grant Reeher

The risk for Democrats in the debate is that an overly aggressive push to scuttle the nomination process before the election could be perceived by many voters as a partisan scheme to stack the high court with their nominees, says Professor Grant Reeher. A "more prudent strategy' would be for Democrats to work behind the scenes to pressure a handful of GOP senators to breaks rank with McConnell and oppose a rapid nomination process, he says. Read more in the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal article, "Top New York Democrats urge delay in filling high court vacancy." 09/30/20