Politico: 'We're going to fill it': Republicans ready for any Supreme Court vacancy
GOP senators denied Obama a seat on the high court. They'll deliver for Trump.
By BURGESS EVERETT
Senate Republicans are quietly beginning to contemplate the possibility of an election-year confirmation battle for the Supreme Court.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s hospitalization this week and the looming end of the Supreme Court’s term raise the prospect of yet another prized vacancy for President Donald Trump. And if there is a surprise opening or retirement in the months before the presidential election, GOP senators plan to act on it, despite denying President Barack Obama a Supreme Court seat in an election year.
Republicans say they wish Ginsburg a swift recovery and have no inside knowledge of a retirement but are prepared to move if a vacancy presents itself.