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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Senator Mitt Romney announced yesterday his support for a process whereby the Senate could

confirm a nominee to the Supreme Court before Election Day.

His statement seems to ensure that a candidate could be confirmed, barring missteps by the

nominee during the confirmation process. This process has become extraordinarily contentious for two reasons.

One is obvious.

The other is less so, but even more fundamental to our nation and her future.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia were known as fierce advocates for liberal and conservative philosophies, respectively.

However, Justice Ginsburg was confirmed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by a vote of 96 to 3.

Republican leaders Bob Dole and Mitch McConnell voted for her.

Justice Scalia was confirmed in 1986 by a vote of 98 to

zero. Democratic leaders Al Gore, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and Joe Biden voted for him.

That was then. This is now. When Merrick Garland was nominated by President Barack Obama for the

Supreme Court following

Justice Scalia's untimely death in 2016, the Republican-led Senate refused to consider his

candidacy.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell explained that not since the 1880s had the U.S.

Senate considered an election year Supreme Court candidate put forth by a president

from the opposition party. When Justice Ginsburg died last Friday, Senator McConnell quickly announced

that the Senate would consider a candidate put forth by President Trump, since both the Senate and

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