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Biden: Trump’s plan to replace Ginsburg an abuse of power

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Daily US Times: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has said Donald Trump’s move to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the presidential election is an abuse of power.

Mr Trump has said he will nominate a woman next week to replace the longstanding liberal justice.

Mr Biden, who is facing Mr Trump in the November election, has urged Senate Republicans to delay a confirmation vote.

Ginsburg, a feminist standard-bearer and liberal icon, died on Friday aged 87.

Democratic leaders fear Republicans will vote to lock in a decades-long conservative majority on the country’s highest court.

The ideological balance of the nine-member court is crucial to its rulings on the most important issues in US law.

During a speech at the Constitutional Center in Philadelphia on Sunday, the former Vice President said Mr Trump had “made clear this is about power, pure and simple”.

He said: “The United States constitution allows Americans the chance to be heard – and their voice should be heard… they should make it clear, they will not stand for this abuse of power.”

“I appeal to those Senate Republicans – please follow your conscience, let the people speak, cool the flames that have been engulfing our country,” Mr Biden added.

Two Republican senators, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, have both backed a delay in the vote until after November’s presidential election.

As the Republicans have a majority of only six in the Senate, if the two Senators are joined by two more Republican senators, they could block or at least delay a confirmation vote.

If the vote is a tie, the US constitution allows Vice-President Mike Pence to cast a tie-breaking vote.

Mr McConnell is seeking to secure the support of Republican senators to avoid that outcome. He has already won the backing of Republican Senator Lamar Alexander, who was viewed as a potential swing vote.

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