What does the death of RBG mean for the US Supreme court?
It’s all but a certainty that US President Donald Trump has the numbers to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the odds are shortening he will do so before election day on November 3rd. With Trump due to announce his nominee on Sunday, Republican senators have signalled they’ll move quickly to advance his nominee's appointment to the nation’s most powerful court. Democrats have accused Republicans of hypocrisy given Barack Obama was blocked from attempting to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat in 2016 as it was an election year. In this episode, climate and environment editor Nick O'Malley is joined by US correspondent Matthew Knott to discuss the aftermath of RBJ's death and what it means for the Supreme Court and the upcoming election. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.