FILE PHOTO: Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during the lunch session of "The Women's Conference 2010" in Long Beach, California October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death sets up what promises to be a fierce fight in the U.S. Senate over President Donald Trump's eventual nominee to replace her, with Democrats still livid over what they consider a Supreme Court seat "stolen" by Republicans during the last presidential election year.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to allow the Republican-led chamber to consider Democratic President Barack Obama's nomination of centrist appellate court judge Merrick Garland to replace Antonin Scalia after the conservative justice died of a heart attack in February 2016. McConnell argued at the time that such a vacancy should not be filled during an election year in order to allow the voters to weigh in.
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