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Joe Biden: “I taught constitutional law for over 20 years. The Constitution suggests that the public gets one chance to decide what…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2020
I taught constitutional law for over 20 years. The Constitution suggests that the public gets one chance to decide what the court looks like that's when they elect a president and when they elect a Senate. We're in the middle of an election. By the time that vote comes up, if it comes up, there will have been close to 40 percent of the people already voted. It's a violation of the spirit of the Constitution to suggest that he should not wait until the outcome of the election.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

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Joe Biden argues that the appointment of a Supreme Court justice should wait until after the election, emphasizing the constitutional principle of public choice.

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